CMS Guidance on MIPPA Implementation.
When MIPPA was enacted July 15, 2008, it included a number of retroactive Medicare policy provisions. CMS has begun providing guidance on implementation of these provisions, including the positive update in the physician fee schedule, the reinstatement of the therapy cap exception process, and the ability of all suppliers to furnish items in the first round DMEPOS competitive bidding areas (CBAs) at fee schedule rates. Likewise, CMS has announced that as a result of MIPPA enactment, the special accreditation deadlines previously established for the second round of the DMEPOS competitive bidding program have been cancelled, although the September 30, 2009 deadline for accreditation of all DMEPOS suppliers still is in effect.
