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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.emrupdate.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>News : Health care, DMEPOS, Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid (CMS)</title><link>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Health+care/DMEPOS/Centers+for+Medicare+_2600_+Medicaid+_2800_CMS_2900_/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Health care, DMEPOS, Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid (CMS)</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Use of Surety Bonds to Recover Overpayments Made to Suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies: Early Findings (OEI-03-11-00351)</title><link>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/09/21/use-of-surety-bonds-to-recover-overpayments-made-to-suppliers-of-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-early-findings-oei-03-11-00351.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">20e05eeb-3865-4fb3-88f6-9927a35687dd:140217</guid><dc:creator>The Voyager - Helping Physicians Navigate The Healthcare Industry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=140217</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/09/21/use-of-surety-bonds-to-recover-overpayments-made-to-suppliers-of-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-early-findings-oei-03-11-00351.aspx#comments</comments><description>More than 2 years after CMS published a final rule requiring certain suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) to obtain a surety bond, it has not finalized procedures for recovering overpayments to DMEPOS suppliers...(&lt;a href="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/09/21/use-of-surety-bonds-to-recover-overpayments-made-to-suppliers-of-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-early-findings-oei-03-11-00351.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.emrupdate.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=140217" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Medicare/default.aspx">Medicare</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/CMS/default.aspx">CMS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Medicaid/default.aspx">Medicaid</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Health+care/default.aspx">Health care</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/OIG/default.aspx">OIG</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Centers+for+Medicare+_2600_+Medicaid+_2800_CMS_2900_/default.aspx">Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid (CMS)</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/DMEPOS/default.aspx">DMEPOS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Recover+Overpayments/default.aspx">Recover Overpayments</category></item><item><title>CMS TECHNICAL FACT SHEET</title><link>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/08/23/cms-technical-fact-sheet.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:04:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">20e05eeb-3865-4fb3-88f6-9927a35687dd:133654</guid><dc:creator>The Voyager - Helping Physicians Navigate The Healthcare Industry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=133654</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/08/23/cms-technical-fact-sheet.aspx#comments</comments><description>Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative OVERVIEW The Affordable Care Act provides a number of new tools and resources to help improve health care and lower costs for all Americans. Bundling payment for services that patients receive across a...(&lt;a href="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/08/23/cms-technical-fact-sheet.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.emrupdate.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=133654" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Medicare/default.aspx">Medicare</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/CMS/default.aspx">CMS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Medicaid/default.aspx">Medicaid</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Health+care/default.aspx">Health care</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/HHS/default.aspx">HHS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Centers+for+Medicare+_2600_+Medicaid+_2800_CMS_2900_/default.aspx">Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid (CMS)</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/HHS+Updates/default.aspx">HHS Updates</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/IPPS/default.aspx">IPPS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/DMEPOS/default.aspx">DMEPOS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/FFS/default.aspx">FFS</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/MS-DRG/default.aspx">MS-DRG</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/CMS+TECHNICAL+FACT+SHEET/default.aspx">CMS TECHNICAL FACT SHEET</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/RFA/default.aspx">RFA</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/Health+Care+Delivery+System/default.aspx">Health Care Delivery System</category><category domain="http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/tags/CMS+and+HHS/default.aspx">CMS and HHS</category></item><item><title>NEXT STEPS FOR EXPANSION OF THE MEDICARE DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, PROSTHETICS, ORTHOTICS, AND SUPPLIES  COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROGRAM</title><link>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/08/22/next-steps-for-expansion-of-the-medicare-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-competitive-bidding-program.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:12:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">20e05eeb-3865-4fb3-88f6-9927a35687dd:133331</guid><dc:creator>The Voyager - Helping Physicians Navigate The Healthcare Industry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=133331</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.emrupdate.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/08/22/next-steps-for-expansion-of-the-medicare-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-competitive-bidding-program.aspx#comments</comments><description>Overview The Centers for Medicare &amp;#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced plans to expand the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program. 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