The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report entitled "Medicare Market Shares of Mail Order Diabetic Testing Strips," as mandated by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA). The report is intended to assist in implementation of a requirement for future rounds of the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program that contracts for mail order diabetic testing strips be awarded to suppliers who provide at least 50%, by volume, of all types of mail order diabetic testing strips. According to the OIG, suppliers submitted Medicare claims for at least 75 types of mail order diabetic testing strips for the 3-month period ending December 2009.  Based on a sample of 1,210 claims, two types of diabetic testing strips accounted for approximately 26% of the Medicare mail order market share, with seven types of strips making up about half of the Medicare mail order market share and 19 types accounting for approximately 81% of market share.