Originally Published MX September/October 2004
GOVERNMENTAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
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CMS is beginning to assemble an advisory and oversight committee, as mandated by Congress, to help it design and implement the competitive bidding program on which much future Medicare reimbursement will be based. The agency intends to appoint 12 to 15 committee members, who will be representatives of the consumer, physician, supplier, and manufacturer communities. Manufacturers anticipating that the new Medicare reimbursement regime will have a substantial impact on their business should plan to inform CMS and the advisory committee of their positions on product category groupings, geographic boundaries for competitive bidding, and other pertinent issues.
No formal mechanism for submitting comments to CMS or to the advisory committee being formed is yet defined or in place. It is expected that, over the coming year, CMS and its advisory committee will announce public meetings and other means by which manufacturers and other affected parties may provide their input.
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