CMS has revealed the long-awaited lists of cities who will participate in round two of DMEPOS competitive bidding. In addition, CMS posted the eight product categories that will be part of the second phase.
The 70 MSAs, plus the 10 MSAs included in the first phase, brings the total to 80. The expanded program will include the three largest MSAs—New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. To access the full CMS overview, go to the CMS Web Site.
Here is the complete list separated by region…
Northeast
1) Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
2) Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
3) Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
4) New Haven-Milford, CT
5) New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
6) Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA
7) Syracuse, NY
South
8) Asheville, NC
9) Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
10) Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
11) Austin-Round Rock, TX
12) Baton Rouge, LA
13) Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
14) Birmingham-Hoover, AL
15) Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
16) Charleston-North Charleston , SC
17) Chattanooga, TN-GA
18) Columbia, SC
19) Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
20) El Paso, TX
21) Greensboro-High Point, NC
22) Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC
23) Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
24) Jackson, MS
25) Jacksonville, FL
26) Knoxville, TN
27) Lakeland, FL
28) Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
29) Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Midwest
30) Akron, OH
31) Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
32) Columbus, OH
33) Dayton, OH
34) Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
35) Flint, MI
36) Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
37) Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
38) Indiana polis-Carmel, IN
39) Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
40) Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
41) Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
42) Toledo, OH
43) Wichita, KS
44) Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH -PA
45) McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
46) Memphis, TN-MS-AR
47) Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN
48) New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
49) Ocala, FL
50) Oklahoma City, OK
51) Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
52) Raleigh-Cary, NC
53) Richmond, VA
54) San Antonio, TX
55) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
56) Tulsa, OK
57) Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
West
58) Albuquerque, NM
59) Bakersfield, CA
60) Colorado Springs, CO
61) Denver-Aurora, CO
62) Fresno, CA
63) Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
64) Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
65) Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA
66) Salt Lake City, UT
67) San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
68) San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
69) San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
70) Visalia-Porterville, CA
The eight product categories encompassed by the 70 MSAs are:
1 – Oxygen Supplies and Equipment
2 – Standard Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, and Related Accessories
3 – Complex Rehabilitative Power Wheelchairs and Related Accessories
4 – Enteral Nutrients, Equipment, and Supplies
5 – Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Devices, Respiratory Assist Devices (RADs), and Related Supplies and Accessories
6 – Hospital Beds and Related Accessories
7 – Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Pumps and Related Supplies and Accessories
8 – Walkers and Related Accessories
