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Building a hospital information system: design considerations based on results from a Europe-wide vendor selection process. (1/42)
A number of research and development projects in the U.S. and in Europe have shown that novel technologies can open significant perspectives for hospital information systems (HIS). The selection of software products for a HIS, however, is still nontrivial. Generalist vendors promise a broad scope of functionality and integration, while specialist vendors promise elaborated and highly adapted functionality. In 1997, the university hospital Marburg, a 1,250 bed teaching hospital, decided to introduce a new large-scale HIS. The objectives of the project included support of clinical workflows, cost effectiveness and a maximum standard of medical care. In 1997/98 a formal Europe-wide vendor contest was performed. 15 vendors, including several from the U.S., participated. Systems were checked against the hospital's objectives, functionality, and technological criteria. One of the results of both technology and market assessment was the identification of fundamental technological and design aspects strongly influencing functionality and flexibility. (+info)125I-alpha-conotoxin MII identifies a novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor population in mouse brain. (2/42)
alpha-Conotoxin MII (CtxMII), a peptide toxin from the venom of the predatory cone snail Conus magus, displays an unusual nicotinic pharmacology. Specific binding of a radioiodinated derivative ((125)I-alpha-CtxMII) was identified in brain region homogenates and tissue sections. Quantitative autoradiography indicated that (125)I-alpha-CtxMII binding sites have an unique pharmacological profile and distribution in mouse brain, being largely confined to the superficial layers of the superior colliculus, nigrostriatal pathway, optic tract, olivary pretectal, and mediolateral and dorsolateral geniculate nuclei. Expression of alpha-CtxMII binding sites in the nigrostriatal pathway, combined with evidence for alpha-CtxMII-sensitivity of nicotine-induced [(3)H]dopamine release in rodent striatal preparations indicates that (125)I-alpha-CtxMII binding nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are likely to be physiologically important. Unlabeled alpha-CtxMII potently (K(i) < 3 nM) competed for a subset of [(3)H]epibatidine binding sites in mouse brain homogenates, but weakly (IC(50) > 10 microM) interacted with (125)I-alpha-bungarotoxin and (-)-[(3)H]nicotine binding sites, confirming this compound's novel nicotinic pharmacology. Quantitative autoradiography revealed that alpha-CtxMII binds with high affinity at a subset of [(3)H]epibatidine binding sites with relatively low cytisine affinity ("cytisine-resistant" sites), resolving [(3)H]epibatidine binding into three different populations, each probably corresponding to a receptor subtype. The majority population seems to correspond to that which binds nicotine and cytisine with high affinity ("cytisine-sensitive" sites). Comparison of the cytisine-resistant population's distribution with that of alpha3 subunit mRNA expression suggests that the fractions both more and less sensitive to alpha-CtxMII probably contain the alpha3 subunit, perhaps in combination with different beta subunits. (+info)Reforming Medicare: impacts on federal spending and choice of health plans. (3/42)
The rising cost of Medicare and well-documented problems plaguing Medicare+Choice (M+C) have increased interest in "reforming" the program. To improve efficiency, most reform proposals would rely on competitive bidding to establish payments to M+C plans. At the same time, beneficiaries would be given financial incentives to select low-cost M+C plans. A major unknown is the extent to which Medicare reforms would generate federal budgetary savings. To examine this issue, we develop three illustrative Medicare reform options that differ greatly in how Medicare would establish its payments to plans. Our results highlight the fact that Medicare should expect modest savings from reforming the program. However, other goals of reform, such as establishing more efficient payments to plans, would be achieved. (+info)Competitive bidding for interventional cardiology supplies: lessons learned during round 2. (4/42)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of savings and develop concepts for "best strategies" in reducing costs in the purchasing of high-technology, high-cost materials used in coronary interventions and electrophysiologic treatments. STUDY DESIGN: Observational experience in competitive bidding for defibrillators, pacemakers, coronary stents, and coronary balloon catheters at a large, midwestern, publicly owned, academic cardiovascular center. METHODS: Iterative negotiation following a broad request for proposal sent to a diverse group of vending organizations in high-technology areas of cardiology. Product costs and volume usage were assessed before and after the process to estimate annualized cost reduction achieved. RESULTS: Using a combination of identification of preferred vendors; consignment of supplies; and collaborative consensus among physicians, administration, materials management, purchasing, and vendors, an annualized savings of more than $1.3 million was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: Aggressive, collaborative, fair, and competitive bidding for high-cost products used for coronary interventions and electrophysiologic treatments leads to substantial cost savings and can promote provider-industry partnerships that further enhance product use, provision, and tracking. (+info)Having it all: national benefit equity and local payment parity in Medicare. (5/42)
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has identified two important problems with the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program: nationwide geographic inequity in government-financed benefits, and unequal government payments for M+C plans versus fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare in the same market area. MedPAC concludes that both problems cannot be solved simultaneously. We argue that both problems could be solved if Congress discontinued its policy of underwriting the cost of FFS Medicare. Instead, Congress should define a national entitlement benefit package and have all health plans submit bids on the package in each market area. The government's premium contribution should be equal to the lowest bid submitted by a qualified health plan in each market area. The contribution could be adjusted for health risk, the special obligations of FFS Medicare, and welfare enhancements associated with FFS Medicare that are valued by both beneficiaries and taxpayers but unrelated to beneficiaries' health status. (+info)Obstacles to employers' pursuit of health care quality. (6/42)
Large employers' roles in improving health care quality are shifting away from value-based purchasing toward direct efforts to improve health care delivery within local markets. Although most large employers adopted the tools required for value-based purchasing, inadequate information on quality has frustrated employers and limited their ability to make choices based on quality. More recent quality initiatives aimed at directly improving local health delivery systems may be limited to specific markets where the largest employers can exert substantial influence. (+info)The benefits divide: health care purchasing in retail versus other sectors. (7/42)
This paper is the first to compare health care purchasing in the retail versus other sectors of the Fortune 500. Employing millions of low-wage workers, the retail sector is the largest employer of uninsured workers in the economy. We found that retail companies are using the same competitive bidding process that other companies use to obtain a given level of coverage for the lowest possible cost. However, they are more price oriented than other Fortune 500 companies are. The most striking disparity lies in the nearly fivefold difference in offer rates for health care coverage. This shows that the economy's bifurcation in health benefits extends even to the nation's largest companies. (+info)Medicaid managed care payment methods and capitation rates in 2001. (8/42)
We present results from a survey of Medicaid managed care payment methods and rates in 2001 for AFDC/TANF and poverty-related Medicaid populations, updating a similar survey of 1998 rates. Rates were adjusted for differences in age-sex groupings, maternity payments, and service carve-outs. A twofold variation in Medicaid capitation rates remains, although there was a change in the composition of states at the top and bottom. The data also show that the growth in Medicaid capitation rates between 1998 and 2001 averaged 18 percent, considerably more than the increase in Medicare+Choice rates. (+info)
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Alan Truscott
Competitive Bidding. Bridge Tutor. New York: Roin. 32 pp. Truscott, Alan (1968). Defensive Bidding. Bridge Tutor. Roin. 32 pp. ... Truscott, Alan (1968). No Trump Bidding. Bridge Tutor. Roin. 32 pp. Truscott, Alan (1968). Slam Bidding. Bridge Tutor. Roin. 32 ... ISBN 0-312-33107-X. ISBN 0-312-29090-X (paper). Rosenkranz, George; Truscott, Alan (1982). Modern Ideas in Bidding. Louisville ... Truscott, Alan (1968). Suit Bidding. Bridge Tutor. Roin. 32 pp. Truscott, Alan (1961). Bridge: Successful Play from First ...
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Competitive Bidding. Grounds for Denial of Admission. 5 - Failed - Interest Rates Allowable. 6 - Failed - Bills and Statutes- ...
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Cuebid, cue bid, or cue-bid A bid of the opponents' suit in a competitive auction. Usually a conventional, forcing bid that ... Control-bid A bid that shows control of a particular suit. Often a cue bid, but not all cue bids are control-bids. Convenient ... Defensive bidding A bid or sequence of bids designed to hinder the opponents' bidding, including sacrifices. All bidding by the ... Free bid A bid that is made when a pass would still allow partner to make a bid. Normally used of a bid that is made after ...
Fast-track construction
... and open competitive bidding demonstrated a fair selection of contractors. Since competitive lump-sum bidding required complete ... Thomsen FAIA FCMAA, Chuck; Sanders, Sid (2011). "Emergence of Competitive Bidding". Program Management 2.0. McLean VA: ... Even the traditional design-bid-build process can use Fast-Track concepts by bidding separate general construction contracts ... competitive bids for those phases of the work, overlapping the design and construction activities. For instance, the CM might ...
Sandra Landy
Landy, Sandra (2003). Really Easy Competitive Bidding. Really Easy Bridge. Landy, Sandra (2004). Really Easy Slams. Really Easy ... In England at least, she was known for the "Landy Game Try" - not a convention, but an axiom - "First you bid game - then, you ... As part of this, she developed an Acol-based bidding system called "Standard English", intended to be easy for beginners to ... Landy, Sandra (2001). Really Easy Bidding - "by Bridge for All and Sandra Landy". Really Easy Bridge: Standard English ...
Marshall Miles
1992). Stronger Competitive Bidding. Oakland, CA: Lawrence & Leong Publishing. ISBN 1-877908-03-7. LCCN 92-070047. Reisinger ... Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century. Toronto: Master Point Press. ISBN 1-894154-13-4. Inferences at Bridge (Master Point, ... 1967). Marshall Miles Teaches Logical Bridge: a novel approach to championship principles of bidding and playing your hand (1st ... More Accurate Bidding (2011) State of California (CA Birth Index). At Family Tree Legends. Retrieved 2009-07-02. "Age No ...
Useful space principle
Now consider competitive bidding. Suppose that West opens 1♠, North overcalls 2♥ and East passes. South holds ♠ 854 ♥ 6 ♦ ... Bids between the overcall and the cue-bid may be treated as natural and forcing; transfer bids are available to handle weaker ... It is when South wants to sign off by bidding 2♠ directly that the smallest amount of bidding space is needed, but that bid ... forcing new-suit bid below the cue-bid. Those who play transfer advances of overcalls usually agree that the transfer bids ...
Hand evaluation
Bridge: TNT and Competitive Bidding (1981) was probably the first major book on this topic. In the introduction the authors ... a one level bid 8 = a two level bid 9 = a three level bid .... etc. An alternative way to look at this is that the bid should ... responder bids 2♥. With only 5 losers and a fit, a slam is likely so responder may bid straight to 6♥ if preemptive bidding ... Most bidding systems are based upon the premise that a better than average hand is required to open the bidding; 12 HCP is ...
Law of total tricks
TNT and Competitive Bidding. B.T. Batsford (London, England). ISBN 0-7134-2543-1. Cohen, Larry (1992). To Bid or Not to Bid: ... LoTT is said to be most accurate when the HCP are fairly evenly divided between the two sides and the bidding is competitive. ... Derived from LoTT, this principle assists players in judging the level to which they should bid in a competitive situation. At ... Payne and Amsbury's Bridge: TNT and Competitive Bidding (1981) may have been the first major book on the topic. In the ...
Regulation S-K
... competitive bids; incorporated annual and quarterly reports; equity offerings of nonreporting registrants; registration on Form ... larger and more competitive entity. The resulting companies have not succeeded in general. These items are thus rarely seen in ... earnings and competitive position of the registrant and its subsidiaries. Item 103 requires a registrant to briefly describe ...
Trump wall
There was no competitive bidding process. At the February 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump reiterated that ... "Border wall bids include tourist attraction, solar panels". AP News. April 4, 2017. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019 ... A manufacturing company based in Pine City, Minnesota, was awarded a bid to help build the "virtual wall" along the border in ... By April 2017, several companies had released their proposed designs to the public; CBP does not publicly release bids, and ...
Paul Milgrom
Milgrom, Paul (1979a). The Structure of Information in Competitive Bidding. New York: Garland Press. (Ph.D. Dissertation) ... Milgrom, Paul Robert (1979). The Structure of Information in Competitive Bidding (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC ... Milgrom, Paul; Weber, Robert (1982b). "A Theory of Auctions and Competitive Bidding". Econometrica. 50 (5): 1089-1122. ... Milgrom, Paul (1981b). "Rational Expectations, Information Acquisition, and Competitive Bidding". Econometrica. 49 (4): 921-943 ...
Winner's curse
"Competitive Bidding in High-Risk Situations" in the Journal of Petroleum Technology. who claimed that oil companies suffered ... Savvy bidders will avoid the winner's curse by bid shading, or placing a bid that is below their ex ante estimation of the ... "Competitive Bidding in High-Risk Situations". Journal of Petroleum Technology. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 23 (6): 641 to ... The winner of an auction is the bidder who submits the highest bid. Since the auctioned item is worth roughly the same to all ...
Robert J. Weber
Much of his research has been centered on the theory and practice of competitive bidding and auction design. His 1982 paper, "A ... Milgrom, Paul R.; Weber, Robert J. (1982). "A Theory of Auctions and Competitive Bidding". Econometrica. 50 (5): 1089-1122. ... Theory of Auctions and Competitive Bidding", co-authored with Paul Milgrom, is considered a seminal work in the field. In that ... Since 1993, he has represented private clients during both the rule-making and bidding phases of the FCC's sale of licenses of ...
Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company
Neither lease was subject to competitive bidding. In 1924 rumors about corruption in the deals escalated into the Teapot Dome ...
Japanese auction
Milgrom, Paul R.; Weber, Robert J. (1982). "A Theory of Auctions and Competitive Bidding". Econometrica. 50 (5): 1089. ... A Vickrey auction is a sealed-bid auction, where all buyers submit their bids in advance, the highest bidder wins and pays the ... Suppose the auctioneer in a Vickrey auction sees all the bids, and calculates the maximum bid v max {\displaystyle v_{\max ... since all other bids are lower. This, in turn, makes them to decrease their bids below their true value, and decreases the ...
Edward L. Doheny
Neither lease was subject to competitive bidding. In 1924 rumors about corruption in the deals escalated into the Teapot Dome ...
Market design
"A Theory of Auctions and Competitive Bidding". Econometrica (Econometrica, Vol. 50, No. 5) 50 (5): 1089-1122 Krishna's Nemmers ... All of the bids are interpreted as package bids; and the final auction outcome is determined using a core selecting mechanism. ... The proxy agent then bids in an ascending auction with package bidding on behalf of the real bidder, iteratively submitting the ... The auction is conducted with negligibly small bid increments. After each round, provisionally winning bids are determined that ...
Patterns in the menstrual cycle
Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. (2013-03-01). "Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding". Games and Economic Behavior. ... It was found that when a woman experiences a natural cycle bids are significantly more, than the bids of men, across the whole ... Chen, Yan; Katuščák, Peter; Ozdenoren, Emre (2013-01-01). "Why canʼt a woman bid more like a man?". Games and Economic Behavior ... Research into control of spending habits across the cycle observed a significant degree of variability with regard to bidding ...
2015 Michigan Proposal 1
Expand competitive bidding and warranties for road projects. Increase earned income tax credit. The largest tax increase in the ... Public Act 472, an act modifying and consolidating public bidding rules for road projects, was dependent on this proposal for ... businesses that bid on state funded road projects; and to take other steps to steer more state-funded road work to such firms, ...
Online auction
... is that bids are not openly viewable or announced as opposed to the competitive nature which is generated by public bids. From ... First-price sealed-bid auctions are when a single bid is made by all bidding parties and the single highest bidder wins, and ... and each bid is confidential. A bidding fee auction (also known as a penny auction) requires customers to pay for bids, which ... If a bidder makes a very high bid, they may have to pay that price, but if they make a low bid there is a chance that they will ...
Artyom Shneyerov
"A Theory of Auctions and Competitive Bidding" (PDF). Econometrica. 50 (5): 1089-1122. doi:10.2307/1911865. ISSN 0012-9682. ... He showed that for any given reserve price, equilibrium bids from first-price auctions can be used to identify the expected ... and Shneyerov have shown that the dynamic matching and bargaining market is nevertheless approximately competitive as the time ...
Reser Stadium
Day, James (June 6, 2016). "A Bid to Stay Competitive". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved July 25, 2018. "Reser Stadium". ...
Capture plan
... more competitive bids; reduce bid time and cost; and make better bid-, no-bid decisions". "Bid/No Bid Worksheet". MyPM, LLC. ... It is used to support a bid/no-bid decision (deciding whether or not an organization will prepare a response to a specific ... solicitation), a bid validation check when a request for proposal is received, and the preparation of a proposal to be ...
Gojira (band)
... competitive bidding war between record labels. Originally, Volcom organized two exhibitions of Mario Duplantier's art in France ...
Water supply and sanitation in Spain
Also, not all contracts are awarded through competitive bidding. For example, in 2012 the Barcelona metropolitan authority ... awarded a 35-year concession worth an estimated €330 million to Agbar without a competitive tender. Roque Gistau, president of ...
Cawthron Institute
This introduced competitive bidding for government funded research programmes. The Thomas Cawthron Memorial Lecture series was ...
Energy modeling
David, AK; Wen, Fushuan (16-20 July 2000). Strategic bidding in competitive electricity markets: a literature survey. Power ...
Project Labor Agreement
Competitive bidding statutes discourage public sector PLAs from discrimination between non-union and union contractors, as ... "Project Labor Agreements and Competitive Bidding Statutes" Jolie M. Siegel, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and ... Jolie Siegel, PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING STATUTES. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and ... they can present risks and should only be allowed on projects where they will further the goals of competitive bidding statutes ...
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Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology {CCIT} (國防大學-理工學院) from Bade, Taoyuan, Taiwan also look at air transportation in Taiwan ... The admission for these courses features among the most difficult in Brazil, partly due to its competitive Vestibular (similar ...
Economics
In perfectly competitive markets, no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous ... This is posited to bid the price up. At a price above equilibrium, there is a surplus of quantity supplied compared to quantity ... In perfectly competitive markets studied in the theory of supply and demand, there are many producers, none of which ... often relative to competitive general equilibrium.[124] It analyzes social welfare, however measured, in terms of economic ...
Ljubo Milicevic
His return to competitive soccer was anticipated by fans and the media alike,[7] and despite the Jets' shaky performance in ... He then started training with Dandenong City in 2009 in a bid to regain fitness and get his personal life back in order.[3] ... helped the Jets to their first competitive clean sheet in fourteen games. After joining Newcastle, Milicevic was adopted as a ...
World Bank
... favored PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant in a bid for privatizing the water distribution in Delhi, India[85] ... focused on making renewable energy cost-competitive with coal-fired power as quickly as possible, but this may not continue ...
Nassau County Police Department
Board of Trustees Rejects Bids for Police Study: Public Will Get to Vote on Possible Mineola Police This Year, Mineola American ... Promotion to the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, and police captain, are made via competitive civil service examinations. ...
Monopoly
Thus the total revenue curve for a competitive company is a ray with a slope equal to the market price.[27] A competitive ... Monopoly versus competitive markets[edit]. While monopoly and perfect competition mark the extremes of market structures[14] ... Anti-competitive practices. *Monopolization. *Collusion *Formation of cartels. *Price fixing. *Bid rigging ... Robin Gollan argues in The Coalminers of New South Wales that anti-competitive practices developed in the coal industry of ...
Luciano Becchio
"Leeds Braced for 3million Swansea Bid for Luciano Becchio". The Sun. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.. ... This was the first double he scored in a competitive match for Leeds. ...
Mortgage-backed security
Private, competitive mortgage securitization is believed to have played an important role in the US subprime mortgage crisis.[ ... with a very narrow bid/offer spread.[citation needed] ... and that competitive securitization markets with multiple ...
Opinion poll
The number of brushfire polls taken by a campaign is determined by how competitive the race is and how much money the campaign ... It is often taken before a candidate announces their bid for office but sometimes it happens immediately following that ...
American football in Western Pennsylvania
Their success earned the Panthers their first bowl bid since 1956 when they were invited to play Arizona State in the 1973 ... During this era, Washington & Jefferson was also competitive with some of the top teams in the nation. In 1913, the Presidents ... and turned down a bid for the 1938 Rose Bowl.[41] Sutherland's teams were named "National Champions" by various selectors for ...
Laker Airways
Skytrain: new Laker bid, Flight International, 27 July 1972, p. 116. *Skytrain ..., Flight International, 27 July 1972, p. 117 ... This helped make Laker's One-Elevens more competitive with larger, longer-range aircraft operated by rivals, especially for ... Laker and BCal bid for kangaroo route, Flight International, 7 February 1981, p. 330 ... Air Europe bids to compete in Europe, Flight International, 29 November 1986, p. 6 ...
2G spectrum case
... and by not following a competitive bidding process. This led to further petitions, and an investigation began in 2010.[96] ... "Meira Kumar's bid to end 2G logjam fails". Times of india.. *^ "Winter session worked just 9 hours, but cost 172 crore". Deccan ...
Arrested Development
There was a bidding war for the show between Fox and NBC, with the show ultimately selling to Fox as a put pilot with a six- ... Gob is competitive with Michael over women and bullies Buster.[29] Michael's twin sister Lindsay (Portia de Rossi) is spoiled ...
Guadalajara
... hosted the 2011 Pan American Games.[100] Since winning the bid to host the Games, the city had been undergoing ... However, its traditional advantage of proximity to the U.S. market is one reason Guadalajara stays competitive.[51] Mexico ...
Free-rider problem
Unlike government provision, subsidies may result in some form of a competitive market. The potential for cronyism (for example ... an alliance between political insiders and the businesses receiving subsidies) can be limited with secret bidding for the ...
Sears
"Sears bids Hometown, Outlet, hardware stores goodbye in spinoff". Los Angeles Times. August 13, 2012. Retrieved October 26, ... "to be successful in this highly competitive environment".[187] ... Lampert's ESL Investments Inc submitted a bid of US$400 million ...
Burlington County, New Jersey
"Republican Tom MacArthur Wins NJ's Most Competitive Congressional Race - By Double Digits", IVN, November 5, 2014. Accessed May ... while Aimee Belgard lost her bid for U.S. Congress, losing the popular vote in both Ocean and Burlington counties.[68][69] ...
Perth, Scotland
There is a highly competitive indoor competition held inside Bell's Sports Centre alongside both a competitive and fun outdoor ... "Salmond backs bid for city status". BBC News. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2010 ... "Crunch time in bid to save Perth City Hall - Perth & Kinross / Local / News / The Courier". Thecourier.co.uk. 25 April 2013. ... "a foundation for Perth to bid for formal city status".[27] ...
Rome
OECD (2006). OECD Territorial Reviews Competitive Cities in the Global Economy. Table 1.1: OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64- ... Rome made a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics but it was withdrawn before the deadline for applicant files.[161][162] ...
Jewel (supermarket)
American Stores raised its bid for Jewel's preferred stock, increasing the total bid to $1.15 billion in cash and securities. ... Jewel T opened eight stores in highly competitive Southern California.[110] In 1981, Jewel T opened stores in Atlanta[111] and ... On May 15, 2017, Jewel-Osco made a bid to purchase all 19 Strack & Van Til grocery stores for $100 million.[91][92][93] The ... "Takeover bid sends stock of grocery chain higher". United Press International. June 13, 1984.. ...
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
Federal contracting laws required a competitive bid to choose a permanent aircraft for the mission. In March 2000, Agusta was ...
United States labor law
During a takeover bid, Donovan v Bierwirth held trustees must take advice or not vote on corporate stocks if in doubt about ... depressing wage rates and the purchasing power of wage earners in industry and by preventing the stabilization of competitive ... company as a takeover bid was launched, because they faced a potential conflict of interest, had to get independent legal ...
Water privatization in Metro Manila
Maynilad incurred high costs, in part because it awarded contracts to affiliates of Suez without competitive bidding. It also ... saying its bid was much higher than the extremely low bid submitted by Ayala, and that its bid was very close to the two other ... Maynilad's bid had a more realistic 10.4 percent rate of return in its bid had from the beginning.[8] The return on equity has ... The concessions would be awarded to the prequalified bidders submitting the lowest tariff, i.e. competitive bidding. The ...
Hong Kong
Hêng1gong2 Deg6bid6 Heng4jing3kêu1. (Hêng1gong2 Deg6kêu1). ... holding the highest Financial Development Index score and consistently ranking as the most competitive and freest economic area ...
Net metering
First, the bill would try to create a process for competitive bidding among solar developers. Second, it would create a solar ... According to Utility DIVE, "The legislation proposes a competitive bidding process for independent solar developers that ... "procure renewable energy at a competitive rate." Utility companies would then be allowed to compete and bid against third-party ... Subsequently, they would bid the generation into New England electricity markets. This arrangement could last existing net ...
American Revolution
Seeking greater efficiency, Morris reduced the civil list, saved money by using competitive bidding for contracts, tightened ...
Canadian National Railway
CNR was considered competitive with CPR in several areas, notably in Central Canada, prior to the age of the automobile and the ... On November 25, 2003, it was announced CN's bid of $1 billion CAD would be accepted over those of CPR and several U.S. ... Many opponents - including CPR - accused the government and CN of rigging the bidding process, though this has been denied by ... created the CNR Radio Department to provide passengers with entertainment radio reception and give the railway a competitive ...
Ford Escape
1] DriveClean.ca.gov John Voelcker (May 22, 2012). "Green-Car Death List: 2012 Models To Which We Bid Adieu". Green Car Reports ... North American-market Escape and its Mazda Tribute and Mercury Mariner siblings were redesigned in order to stay competitive ... John Voelcker (May 22, 2012). "Green-Car Death List: 2012 Models To Which We Bid Adieu". Green Car Reports. Retrieved May 23, ...
2011 Canadian federal election
"Judge denies Elizabeth May's bid to join leaders' debates". The Globe and Mail. CP. April 5, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.. ... stating that it will be competitive but not excessively low. ... "Harper to back Lower Churchill mega-project in bid for ...
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When Competitive Bidding Hurts Patients - The New York Times
If competitive bidding is predicated on supplying equipment at the lowest possible price, something has to give, and that ... And competitive bidding doesnt take these subsequent costs into account.. If competitive bidding is predicated on supplying ... When Competitive Bidding Hurts Patients. DENNIS ROSEN. MAY 15, 2012. Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue ... On the face of it, competitive bidding sounds like a very good idea. If one supplier can provide power wheelchairs or oxygen ...
MEDICARE EXPANDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROGRAM TO SAVE BILLIONS | CMS
The Medicare Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) was ... MEDICARE EXPANDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROGRAM TO SAVE BILLIONS. PROGRAM EXPANDED BY AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ... The bidder education program launched today is designed to guide suppliers through the competitive bidding process and will ... CMS today also launched a comprehensive education program to help guide suppliers through the competitive bidding process. ...
DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Launched in 91 US Regions
... Physical therapists in 91 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) ... Under the competitive bidding program, DMEPOS suppliers compete to become Medicare contract suppliers. CMS awards contracts to ... under its competitive bidding program. As of July 1, these are the only suppliers from which Medicare beneficiaries in these ...
Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process by Maybell Romero :: SSRN
While engaging in a competitive bidding process may seem like a smart way to handle the problem of governmental waste and ... Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process. 107 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 161 (2017) ... Romero, Maybell, Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process (August 8, 2016). 107 Journal of Criminal Law ... political subdivisions throughout the country frequently hire prosecutors on a part-time basis through a competitive bidding ...
Construction Management at Risk, Competitive Bidding | JD Supra
Expansion of Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding announced - Lexology
CMS announced the second phase of Medicare competitive bidding for durable medical equipment (“DME”), prosthetics, ... PHASE ONE OF BIDDING. CMS conducted the first round of DMEPOS competitive bidding last summer, and the deadline for bidding was ... This expanded bidding program builds on the first phase of competitive bidding affecting 10 geographic regions and 10 product ... For each competitive acquisition area, the Secretary must solicit bids by suppliers to supply certain covered items. Only ...
Competitive bidding [FAQ] | The Incidental Economist
Heres a list of some posts on competitive bidding, a.k.a ... How competitive bidding is and is not like current Medicare. * ... The worlds simplest explanation of competitive bidding. *The worlds most complex competitive bidding-related idea (not really ... Competitive bidding for Medicare-covered durable medical equipment. *Why traditional Medicare might thrive in a competitive ... Heres a list of some posts on competitive bidding, a.k.a. "competitive pricing". There are others. ...
CMS Awards Contracts for the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Round 1 2017 | CMS
The DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Programs bid evaluation process ensures that there will be a sufficient number of suppliers, ... Competitive bidding contracts and pricing have been in place in Round 1 areas since January 1, 2011, with the current Round 1 ... Under the MMA, the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program was to be phased in so that competition under the program would first ... Prior to the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program, Medicare paid for these DMEPOS items using a fee schedule that is generally ...
CRE Interactive Public Docket on CMS Competitive Bidding Rule
CMS Threatens Mandatory Competitive Bidding for State Mental Health Services * Need a wheelchair? New Medicare rules mean fewer ... Controversial Medicare Bid Program Takes Next Step * CMS: Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Ambulances Suppliers and ... Comments on its Information Collection Request to Collect Information Regarding the Effectiveness of the Competitive Bidding ...
Why try competitive bidding? | The Incidental Economist
In a competitive pricing system, plans would submit bids on the defined benefit for a beneficiary of average risk (a " ... Competitive pricing reverses the flow of information. Through a bidding process, MA plans would tell the government how much it ... Coulam, Feldman, and Dowd also wrote a book on competitive bidding. Ive read it. I will find some time to flip through it ... Currently, MA bids are not used to set the benchmark.. This is the key. If bids are not used to set the "benchmark," which is ...
Medicare's competitive bidding program reduces access to diabetes testing supplies, survey finds
A new survey from the American Association of Diabetes Educators found that Medicares Competitive Bidding Program ... Medicares competitive bidding program reduces access to diabetes testing supplies, survey finds. *Download PDF Copy ... AADE applauds the recent announcement by CMS to delay Round 2019 of the Competitive Bidding Program in hopes that the process ... Evidence continues to show that the competitive bidding process is failing people with diabetes and putting them at unnecessary ...
Competitive Bidding Wars
Based on the reports of early trials awarding bids for medical equipment in the Medicare Competitive Bidding plan, there ... Based on the reports of early trials awarding bids for medical equipment in the Medicare Competitive Bidding plan, there ... The major concern is in the long term effect when competitive bidding has been expanded to all areas. Questions abound: Will ... Despite the concerns, Medicare proponents intend to rollout the competitive bidding process with a projected savings of $42 ...
Managing Competitive Vendor Bidding with InfoBid and Microsoft Azure | Microsoft VIPP | Channel 9
December @ 2011 @ CRE Interactive Public Docket on CMS Competitive Bidding Rule
... "competitive bidding" system is not competitive, it is a convoluted and opaque form of price fixing. ... CMS Threatens Mandatory Competitive Bidding for State Mental Health Services * Need a wheelchair? New Medicare rules mean fewer ... "Its easy to bid and give a low bid and say youre going to do something and not do it," said Rinker. "I think its going to be ... Medicares Competitive Bidding Program Fails to Offer Diabetes Supplies as Promised No comments ...
Does Laboratory Trading Mirror Behavior in Real World Markets? Fair Bargaining and Competitive Bidding on EBay
For buyers, the data strongly confirm the dichotomy between equitable bargaining and competitive bidding predicted by social ... These patterns further amplify the dichotomy between bilateral and competitive bidding. ... and examined to what extent both social and competitive laboratory behavior are robust to institutionally complex real world ... "Does Laboratory Trading Mirror Behavior in Real World Markets? Fair Bargaining and Competitive Bidding on EBay," Working Paper ...
Analysis: Idenix bidding was competitive, driving up the deal value for an eager Merck | FierceBiotech
Proof-of-concept data for Idenixs lead hepatitis C nucleotide helped drive a competitive bidding process that included AbbVie ... Analysis: Idenix bidding was competitive, driving up the deal value for an eager Merck ... That helped drive a competitive bidding process that included AbbVie ($ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) and resulted in the $ ...
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Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and Modernization of the Commission...
... necessitated by the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and others are designed to enhance the Commissions competitive bidding ... This document adopts several modifications to the Federal Communications Commissions competitive bidding rules. Some of the ... Updating Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures A. Tribal Land Bidding Credits in Non-CSEA Auctions 17. The Commission sought ... when the defaulted bid is subject to a bidding credit and the subsequent applicable bid equals or exceeds the defaulted bid, ...
In brief: 'Slightly modified' competitive bidding, Invacare dividend | HME News
... for the Round 1 rebid of national competitive bidding, it stated in a Federal Register filing last week. The agency believes ... recommended that CMS reduce reimbursement for pumps and include the category in Round 2 of national competitive bidding (NCB). ... CMS will also modify the format of some of the documents to "make them more reader-friendly and help ease the burden of bid ... WASHINGTON - CMS will publish "a slightly modified version" of the request for bid (RFB) ...
Competitive Bidding Program Survey Results | ITEM Coalition
The survey also seeks to find differences in services for respondents in the Competitive Bidding Program Phase 1 areas compared ... Competitive Bidding Program Survey Results. Posted on May 9, 2013 , Leave a comment ... Of the 87 respondents to the survey, only six come from a Competitive Bidding Program Phase 1 area. These respondents mainly ... The survey also seeks to find differences in services for respondents in the Competitive Bidding Program Phase 1 areas compared ...
Support surfaces, NPWT and competitive bidding: 'It makes sense' | HME News
"If utilization is high enough for beds to be included in competitive bidding, it makes sense that support surfaces would be, ... "In reality, its a clinical service, just like oxygen, (which has been included in Round 1 and 2 of competitive bidding)," said ... In the past, some stakeholders have argued that this complex therapy shouldnt be included in competitive bidding. But that ... BALTIMORE - Two product categories added to Round 2 of competitive bidding represent opposite ends of the wound care spectrum-- ...
The committee system for competitive BIDS in local government
3 Competitive bidding and the committee system. As noted, a municipality must make use of competitive bidding for contracts ... The rationale behind competitive bidding would, furthermore, be defeated if after a public call for bids, a municipality is ... Key words: Bid committees; Competitive bidding; Contracts; Government; Local government; Municipal manager; Municipalities; ... A competitive bidding process generally consists of different stages, for example, compiling bid specifications, advertising ...
Round One Rebid of CMS's Competitive Bidding Program Starts in October - RT - a MEDQOR brand
Review bids, finalize contracts, educate suppliers, providers, and beneficiaries. 1/1/2011. DMEPOS competitive bidding program ... Round One Rebid of CMSs Competitive Bidding Program Starts in October. Posted by RT Staff , Aug 20, 2009 , Miscellaneous , ... CMS has designated the CMS Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) as the focal point for bidder education. ... As suppliers get registered for the competitive bidding process, CMS education and outreach efforts will intensify with ...
Survey demonstrates that suppliers in Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program for Insulin Pumps are not Providing Products as...
... of expansion of competitive bidding for insulin pumps and supplies to areas outside of the original 9 Competitive Bidding Areas ... "AADE supports the goal of competitive bidding insofar as it may reduce patient out of pocket costs for products that help ... Insulin pumps are currently included in nine so-called competitive bidding areas across the country, in which Medicare ... Survey demonstrates that suppliers in Medicares Competitive Bidding Program for Insulin Pumps are not Providing Products as ...
Competitive Bid Process Nets 4.5% Bill Increase for Pepco's MD Residential Customers
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... result of a competitive bidding process overseen by the Maryland Public Service Commission. The increase reflects bid prices ... Competitive Bid Process Nets 4.5% Bill Increase for Pepcos MD Residential Customers. Page Content ... The experience of other states and the consensus of experts within the industry make clear that Marylands competitive bid ... Marylands transition to competitive, market-based electric rates began in 2000 when Pepcos rates were reduced 7 percent and ...
Lawmakers want to award funding for anti-abortion program without competitive bidding - News - Herald Democrat - Sherman, TX
Lawmakers want to award funding for anti-abortion program without competitive bidding. By Edgar Walters, Texas Tribune Thursday ... www.texastribune.org/2019/07/23/texas-anti-abortion-contract-may-be-awarded-without-competitive-bid/ by The Texas Tribune, a ... state law generally requires procurement through a competitive bidding, and HHSCs own policy mirrors this requirement," Davis ... in writing a separate letter to the Health and Human Services Commission on Monday urging it to follow a competitive bidding ...
Study criticizes Medicare's competitive bidding process for diabetes test strips; Taking a closer look at the rise of critical...
A competitive bidding program for diabetes test strips that was supposed to reduce Medicare costs has ended up encouraging rock ... A competitive bidding program for diabetes test strips that was supposed to reduce Medicare costs has ended up encouraging rock ... Study criticizes Medicares competitive bidding process for diabetes test strips; Taking a closer look at the rise of critical ...
COPD Foundation Strongly Disagrees with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Findings with the Competitive Bidding...
... competitive bidding program on beneficiaries, suppliers, and the Medicare program. GAO reports ... Under competitive bidding, DME suppliers submit bids to the CMS that include the price at which they are willing to sell a ... The competitive bidding Round 1 rebid started in 2011 in nine geographic areas. Congress halted the initial Round 1 ... The COPD Foundation has contended for some time that CMS should exempt oxygen from the DME competitive bidding program. From ...
AID 1263148 - Competitive binding affinity to Mcl-1 (unknown origin) using 5-FAM-Bid-BH3 peptide preincubated for 30 mins...
Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program Health Status Monitoring > US Copd...
... has been actively monitoring the competitive bidding program since it was first implemented in nine competitive bidding areas ( ... CMS currently actively monitors Round 2 CBAs and national mail-order program CBAs where competitive bidding was implemented on ... Importantly, mortality and morbidity rates commonly display seasonal trends unrelated to the competitive bidding program (e.g. ... Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program Health Status Monitoring ...
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DMEPOS41
- The Medicare Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) was expanded by the Affordable Care Act and is estimated to save Medicare, seniors, and taxpayers more than $28 billion over 10 years. (cms.gov)
- Under the program, DMEPOS suppliers compete to become Medicare contract suppliers by submitting bids to provide certain items in competitive bidding areas (CBAs). (cms.gov)
- Physical therapists in 91 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) need to know which suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) have been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under its competitive bidding program. (apta.org)
- Under the competitive bidding program, DMEPOS suppliers compete to become Medicare contract suppliers. (apta.org)
- Suppliers in the new bidding regions and other affected entities (including DMEPOS manufacturers, nursing homes, physicians) should take this opportunity to prepare for the bidding process to be conducted later this year, as discussed below. (lexology.com)
- The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ("MMA") requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement competitive acquisition programs for DMEPOS beginning in 2007. (lexology.com)
- CMS conducted the first round of DMEPOS competitive bidding last summer, and the deadline for bidding was September 25, 2007. (lexology.com)
- Prior to the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program, Medicare paid for these DMEPOS items using a fee schedule that is generally based on historic supplier charges from the 1980s. (cms.gov)
- Since implementation of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program on January 1, 2011, CMS has saved approximately $220 million per year in the nine Round 1 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) due to competitive bidding and other CMS fraud, waste, and abuse initiatives. (cms.gov)
- The Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program was established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ("Medicare Modernization Act" or "MMA") after the conclusion of successful demonstration projects. (cms.gov)
- Under the MMA, the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program was to be phased in so that competition under the program would first occur in 10 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in 2007. (cms.gov)
- The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) expanded the number of Round 2 MSAs from 70 to 91 and specified that all areas of the country be subject to either DMEPOS competitive bidding or payment rate adjustments using competitively bid rates by 2016. (cms.gov)
- For Round 1 2017, CMS has executed 182 DMEPOS competitive bidding program contracts (92 percent of contracts offered). (cms.gov)
- The DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program's bid evaluation process ensures that there will be a sufficient number of suppliers, including small suppliers, to meet the needs of the beneficiaries living in the CBAs. (cms.gov)
- When the Round 2021 bidding window opens on July 16, bidders will notice significant changes to how Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, & Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program works. (aahomecare.org)
- CMS has just released the single payment amounts for the Round 2 Recompete of the Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding program and the national mail-order competition for diabetes supplies. (lexology.com)
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the timeline for the Round One Rebid of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program. (rtmagazine.com)
- The announcement stated, "CMS is employing an intensive education effort designed to ensure that DMEPOS suppliers interested in bidding get all the information they need to submit a complete bid in a timely manner. (rtmagazine.com)
- No negative changes in beneficiary health outcomes resulting from the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program have been observed to date. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- Keep up with the latest information about the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program by signing up for our email newsletter. (dmecompetitivebid.com)
- The DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program regulations require that each bidder must submit a bona fide bid that complies with all the terms and conditions specified in the Request for Bids Instructions. (dmecompetitivebid.com)
- Medicare's durable medical equipment, prosthetic, orthotic and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program has affected thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who use medical equipment and supplies in their home. (mames.com)
- Modifier J4-DMEPOS Item Subject to DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program that is Furnished by a Hospital Upon Discharge. (codingahead.com)
- Modifier KG- DMEPOS Item Subject to DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Number 1. (codingahead.com)
- Modifier KV-DMEPOS Item Subject to DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program that is Furnished as Part of a Professional Service. (codingahead.com)
- Modifier KE-DMEPOS Item Subject to DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program for use with Non-Competitive Bid Base Equipment. (codingahead.com)
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun the second phase of an expansion of a competitive bidding program aimed at lowering costs for quality durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS). (aapc.com)
- Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program is once again under attack. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- While the current DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program is far from perfect, it should be given a chance to prove its worth as a cost containment approach. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- Currently, there is a broad Congressional effort to delay or curtail the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- The DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program has the potential to reduce fraud and save Medicare millions of dollars. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- DMEPOS competitive bidding is seen as a tool for combating fraud. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- Section 302 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) established requirements for Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program for certain DMEPOS. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- [5] This supplier level competitive bidding program required DMEPOS suppliers to compete to become Medicare contract suppliers by submitting bids to furnish certain items in competitive bidding areas (CBAs) and required CMS to award contracts to enough suppliers to meet beneficiary demand for the items subject to the bidding process. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- CMS is required by law to have a new competition for contracts for the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program at least once every three years. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- As CMS continues to roll out its DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program to cover more areas of the country and subject more DMEPOS categories to competitive bidding, implementation and access problems must be addressed. (medicareadvocacy.org)
- CHA has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS ) in response to its request for comments on developing a stakeholder survey to strengthen the monitoring, outreach, and enforcement functions of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program. (calhospital.org)
- CMS is seeking input from stakeholders on how it should use data from the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program to adjust (cut) Medicare DMEPOS fee schedule. (jdsupra.com)
- One week after unveiling the next round of Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a "temporary. (jdsupra.com)
- GAO Assesses Impact of Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program on Beneficiary Access, OIG Documents Market Share for Diabetes. (jdsupra.com)
- CMS has announced 2017 Medicare fee schedule rates for durable medical equipment (DME) prosthetic orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) furnished in non-competitive bidding areas. (jdsupra.com)
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- Competitive bidding contracts and pricing have been in place in Round 1 areas since January 1, 2011, with the current Round 1 Recompete contracts and prices being in place since January 1, 2014. (cms.gov)
- NPR reviewed a database of thousands of contracting actions connected to the COVID-19 public health crisis and identified more than 250 companies that got federal contracts worth more than $1 million without going through a fully competitive bidding process. (kunc.org)
- NPR reviewed a database of thousands of contracting actions and found more than 250 companies that got contracts worth more than $1 million without going through a fully competitive bidding process. (kunc.org)
- When NPWT was bid in the original Round 1, numerous contracts were awarded to providers who had no experience providing the therapy and no idea of its costs. (hmenews.com)
- When a municipality contracts for goods or services, it must make use of competitive bidding / a public call for tenders for contracts over R200 000 as well as for long term contracts. (scielo.org.za)
- Suppliers that wish to participate in the Round One Rebid, including suppliers that were awarded contracts in the first Round One (2007), must register and submit a new bid application. (rtmagazine.com)
- Insulin pumps are currently included in nine so-called 'competitive bidding areas' across the country, in which Medicare patients are required to obtain their insulin pumps from suppliers who are awarded contracts through the competitive bidding program. (diabeteseducator.org)
- CMS collects these bids and offers contracts to the lowest bidders with sufficient capacity to service the market. (copdfoundation.org)
- With the expected two-year gap in the bidding program, new contracts would not begin until 2021, with a detailed announcement expected Spring 2019. (vgm.com)
- Bids and contracts are awarded to the Medicare suppliers who offer the best price and meet applicable quality and financial standards. (ventusers.org)
- Sealed bids are a form of awarding contracts that uses competitive bids and public opening of the sealed bids which leads to the final award of the contract. (studymode.com)
- Sealed bidding and competitive proposals are both approved methods for awarding contracts according to federal regulation. (studymode.com)
- The Senate, in what feels like its 7,000 hour of voting on amendments to the stimulus bill, just approved requiring competitive bidding for federal contracts. (federaltimes.com)
- The amendment to the Senate version of the bill will require "all contracts, grants and cooperative agreements awarded under this act to be competitively bid. (federaltimes.com)
- The approach advocated by the premiers of bulk purchasing through competitive bidding is simple - award volume-based contracts for the supply of a particular generic ingredient in return for better prices. (cmaj.ca)
- A State Transportation Agency's (STA's) procedures for soliciting and awarding construction contracts are an important part of the competitive bidding process. (dot.gov)
- In the awarding or letting of public contracts, the public body invites bids or makes 'requests for proposals' so that it can award the contract to the bidder who qualifies under the terms of the governing statute. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The competitive bidding program requires Medicare beneficiaries to purchase equipment through select businesses that have won government contracts based on pricing, capacity, quality and licensing. (medbill.net)
- CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner's comments on the matter have suggested that the bidding program won't be re-opened in Tennessee, despite the voided contracts. (medbill.net)
- Three years after results from a study in Diabetes Care revealed how flaws in CMS' Competitive Bidding Program endangered Medicare patients who rely on supplies to test their blood glucose, the federal government has allowed contracts to expire for the dwindling number of suppliers, raising fears that the program for seniors with diabetes has reached the point of collapse. (ajmc.com)
- Publicly noticed, competitive bidding contracts excepted. (ncsl.org)
- List of contracts and offers to contract with the state or an instrumentality of the state held, bid or offered by the legislator, a reportable member of her family or a corporation in which any of the above hold a controlling interest. (ncsl.org)
- Based on the "Law concerning the promotion of bidding for public works and the adequacy of contracts", we announce procurement information for works and the average successful bid rate for major works. (e-nexco.co.jp)
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- In 2012, CMS issued its report, stating that it had found "no disruption in access to needed supplies for Medicare beneficiaries" and that "there have been no negative health consequences to beneficiaries as a result of competitive bidding" ( 2 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- 3 ) in Diabetes Care , implementation of the Competitive Bidding Program in nine Medicare "test" markets appeared to cause significant disruption among Medicare beneficiaries in acquiring the necessary supplies for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) ( 3 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- There are companies servicing one of the first nine CBAs that did not win a bid and they do not want to stop servicing Medicare beneficiaries," said Jeff Baird, an attorney with Brown & Fortunato in Amarillo, Texas. (thecre.com)
- Because of this bidding program, beneficiaries will spend more time in expensive institutions, rather than in the far more cost-effective setting for care - their own homes. (disabled-world.com)
- As mandated by Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is in the process of implementing a competitive bidding program, with the goal of increasing efficiencies in the delivery of certain durable medical equipment and diabetes testing supplies to Medicare beneficiaries. (diabeteseducator.org)
- This month the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the results of Round 1 of the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) competitive bidding program on beneficiaries, suppliers, and the Medicare program. (copdfoundation.org)
- Utilizers"-Original Medicare beneficiaries in the CBA who have a claim for one of the competitively bid products. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- Access Groups"- Original Medicare beneficiaries who are likely to use one of the competitively bid products on the basis of related health conditions. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- We also monitor beneficiaries who no longer have claims for a competitively bid item after the program began, beneficiaries who may at some point need the item, and beneficiaries who currently have claims for competitively bid items. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program for diabetes supplies disrupted beneficiaries' ability to access diabetes testing equipment, leading to an increase in mortality, hospitalization rates and inpatient costs, according to a recent analysis by the National Minority Quality Forum. (blogspot.com)
- What GAO Found The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administers a competitive bidding program (CBP) to determine which suppliers may furnish certain durable medical equipment (DME) to Medicare beneficiaries in designated geographical areas. (gao.gov)
- The number of Medicare beneficiaries who received durable medical equipment (DME) items generally fell after Round 2 of competitive bidding program (CBP) and the national mail-order program for diabetes testing supplies were. (jdsupra.com)
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- The statute requires that CMS adjust the amount paid for items in all other geographic areas using the competitively bid prices starting in 2016. (copdfoundation.org)
- In addition, Medicare rolled out the competitive bidding pricing to rural America January 1, 2016. (mames.com)
- The competitive bidding process for retail pharmacy, through which a pharmacy would either have to competitively bid or be bound by the lowest competitive bid, doesn't go into effect until 2016, however. (drugstorenews.com)
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- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the Round 1 2017 contract suppliers for Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program. (cms.gov)
- A new survey from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) found that Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) significantly reduced beneficiary choice and access to commonly used diabetes testing supplies. (news-medical.net)
- A survey conducted by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) has found that suppliers selected to participate in Medicare's competitive bidding program are failing to provide access to insulin pumps and related supplies. (diabeteseducator.org)
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the new single payment amounts and began sending contract offers to successful bidders for Medicare's Round 2 Recompete and the national mail-order recompete Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- CMS press releases and fact sheets released this month (July) state that Medicare will pay for the 9 product categories* included in the first round of bids an average of 32 percent less than Medicare's previous payment amounts. (ventusers.org)
Process36
- CMS today also launched a comprehensive education program to help guide suppliers through the competitive bidding process. (cms.gov)
- The bidder education program launched today is designed to guide suppliers through the competitive bidding process and will feature numerous enhancements such as improved Request for Bids instructions, updated fact sheets, and a series of webcasts that suppliers will be able to view at their convenience. (cms.gov)
- We have considered feedback from many stakeholders to implement process improvements to make the competitive bidding program even stronger," said Jonathan Blum, deputy CMS administrator and director of the Center for Medicare. (cms.gov)
- In addition to the enhancements we've made to our bidder education program, we will be strengthening our rigorous bid evaluation process by increasing our scrutiny of bids. (cms.gov)
- Cities, towns, and other small political subdivisions throughout the country frequently hire prosecutors on a part-time basis through a competitive bidding process, releasing requests for proposals (RFPs) in an effort to procure bids. (ssrn.com)
- While engaging in a competitive bidding process may seem like a smart way to handle the problem of governmental waste and financial inefficiencies, it introduces a host of challenges and negative externalities. (ssrn.com)
- Evidence continues to show that the competitive bidding process is failing people with diabetes and putting them at unnecessary risk,' said Kellie Antinori-Lent, a diabetes clinical nurse specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. (news-medical.net)
- AADE applauds the recent announcement by CMS to delay Round 2019 of the Competitive Bidding Program in hopes that the process can be overhauled to reflect evidence based data and best practices. (news-medical.net)
- Despite the concerns, Medicare proponents intend to rollout the competitive bidding process with a projected savings of $42 billion in the next ten years alone. (mountainside-medical.com)
- Additionally, be sure to visit www.dmecbpeducation.com for more information about what to expect during this year's competitive bidding process. (aahomecare.org)
- The bidders are not bound by their bids, which undermines the credibility of the process. (disabled-world.com)
- Pricing rules encourage "low-ball bids" that will not allow for a sustainable process or a healthy pool of equipment suppliers. (disabled-world.com)
- That helped drive a competitive bidding process that included AbbVie ($ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) and resulted in the $3.85 billion price tag for the buyout. (fiercebiotech.com)
- Instead, in the scramble to find supplies, the government streamlined the competitive bidding process and may not have done proper vetting, says Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. (kunc.org)
- A competitive bidding process generally consists of different stages, for example, compiling bid specifications, advertising the bid, the receipt and evaluation of bids, and the award and implementation of the contract. (scielo.org.za)
- The roles of each committee in the bidding process will be examined, including the rules that apply to the composition of each committee. (scielo.org.za)
- As suppliers get registered for the competitive bidding process, CMS education and outreach efforts will intensify with particular focus on information specific to registered bidders and the bidding process. (rtmagazine.com)
- State Rep. Sarah Davis, a West University Place Republican and the lead budget writer on health and human services for the Texas House, joined Howard in writing a separate letter to the Health and Human Services Commission on Monday urging it to follow a competitive bidding process for Alternatives to Abortion, also known as A2A. (heralddemocrat.com)
- The evaluation process for sealed bids may be lengthy especially if bidders are not prescreened to reduce the pool to only qualified firms. (studymode.com)
- Sealed Bidding VS . Competitive Proposals The federal acquisition process begins when an agency determine that a requirement is needed and requires that requirement to become procured. (studymode.com)
- The temptation to ignore the transparency of the bidding process will be too great to ignore unless we act," he said. (federaltimes.com)
- C) In order to diversify and expand the Nation's onshore leasing program to ensure the best return to the Federal taxpayer, reduce fraud, and secure the leasing process, the Secretary may conduct onshore lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods. (house.gov)
- C) A lease issued for tar sand shall be issued using the same bidding process, annual rental, and posting period as a lease issued for oil and gas, except that the minimum acceptable bid required for a lease issued for tar sand shall be $2 per acre. (house.gov)
- Throughout the entire competitive bidding process, business at Imperial will be conducted in a fair, ethical and professional manner to ensure that suppliers have an opportunity to bid. (imperial.ac.uk)
- Purchase contract process - Other than formal sealed bidding. (wa.gov)
- In addition, Medicare makes a separate payment to plans for providing prescription drug benefits under Medicare Part D (see Section Two, Prescription Drugs for options related to Part D). Since 2006, Medicare has paid plans under a process that compares bids with benchmarks. (kff.org)
- To ensure a competitive contracting environment, STAs should develop effective prequalification programs and other procedures to ensure fairness in the pre-bid solicitation process and post award review of construction bids. (dot.gov)
- But you cant call them for your new chair because they didn't bid low enough in a bidding process that attempts to drive reimbursements to a price that is lower than what the dealer pays for the equipment. (blogspot.com)
- The construction of public buildings, highways, bridges, and other structures is governed by a well-defined contractual process of competitive bidding that seeks to protect the public against the squandering of public funds and prevent abuses such as fraud, favoritism, and extravagance. (thefreedictionary.com)
- For significant expenditures of public funds, government bodies usually must use a bidding process. (thefreedictionary.com)
- For major government expenditures, such as construction of public buildings and highways, government bodies require competitive bidding, which is a well-defined public process of letting a contract. (thefreedictionary.com)
- Competitive bidding is a means of preventing political graft and corruption because the public nature of the process discourages favoritism and fraud. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The integrity of the process is a central goal of competitive bidding. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The Malaysian Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) has recently announced it plans to start a second competitive bid process in order to select developers for large scale PV projects which would have a combined capacity of 460 MW. (nrgedge.net)
- U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker have introduced legislation that may re-open the competitive bidding process for durable medical equipment suppliers in Tennessee. (medbill.net)
- NCPA is continuing to make a legislative push in 2012 to exclude diabetes-testing supplies from the DME competitive bidding process, even though in an election year, bipartisan politicking will weigh heavily on the success of any bill. (drugstorenews.com)
CBAs4
- YARMOUTH, Maine - M&A activity in the first nine competitive bidding areas (CBAs) appears to be heating up as some HME companies that lost bids try to buy their way into the program. (thecre.com)
- The Secretary is directed to establish competitive bidding areas ("CBAs"), which may differ for different items and services. (lexology.com)
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been actively monitoring the competitive bidding program since it was first implemented in nine competitive bidding areas (CBAs) on January 1, 2011. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- CMS currently actively monitors Round 2 CBAs and national mail-order program CBAs where competitive bidding was implemented on July 1, 2013, as well as all Round 1 Recompete CBAs where the program was implemented following the end of Round 1 Rebid on December 31, 2013. (uscopdcoalition.org)
Bidders11
- Successful bidders will be paid based on the median of the winning suppliers' bids for each of the selected items in the region, rather than the Medicare fee schedule or supplier bid amount. (lexology.com)
- Only successful bidders may supply the covered items in the CBA, and they will be reimbursed based on the bid amount. (lexology.com)
- Bidders will be provided with preliminary bid evaluation findings and an opportunity to validate any enrollment requirements not met by the close of the bid window. (dmecompetitivebid.com)
- Hence, we are pleased to invite all interested and eligible bidders by this National Competitive Bid (NCB) for the ENGAGEMENT OF BEEP CALL SERVICE with Ref NO.SCD/SD/CSS/289/2019. (newbusinessethiopia.com)
- 2. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from ethio telecom website and inspect the bidding document during office hours (Monday to Friday) upon payment of a non-refundable fee of birr 100.00 (Birr Hundred only) in person from head Quarter,2nd floor, and Room No.211. (newbusinessethiopia.com)
- 4. Bids received in time and fulfilling the other formalities shall be opened in the presence of interested bidders or their legal representative s at 10.00 am on sept 24,2019 at Churchill Road, Head quarter 2nd floor, Room No.210. (newbusinessethiopia.com)
- 6. Bidders are seriously advised to read and comply with the instruction provided in this bidding document. (newbusinessethiopia.com)
- Under the 23 CFR 635.112(f), the STAs are required to include provisions in the bidding proposals that require all bidders to include a non-collusion statement with their bids. (dot.gov)
- To provide bidders with an opportunity to bid competitively on the same work, the appropriate public authorities must adopt plans and specifications that definitely set the extent and type of the work to be done and the materials to be furnished. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The public entity itself must prepare these plans and specifications, and it must provide all prospective bidders with the same specifications from which to prepare their bids. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The plans and specifications cannot be changed once an invitation for bids or the bids themselves have been made unless all bidders are notified so that they have an opportunity to bid under new conditions. (thefreedictionary.com)
Rebid3
- WASHINGTON - CMS will publish "a slightly modified version" of the request for bid (RFB) for the Round 1 rebid of national competitive bidding, it stated in a Federal Register filing last week. (hmenews.com)
- The 60-day supplier bidding for the Round One Rebid begins in October. (rtmagazine.com)
- The competitive bidding Round 1 rebid started in 2011 in nine geographic areas. (copdfoundation.org)
Competitively bid1
- To provide context for overall access to diabetes supplies, we similarly display rates for non-mail-order diabetes supplies, although they are currently not a competitively bid product category. (uscopdcoalition.org)
Diabetes8
- In a 2014 follow-up survey, the American Association of Diabetes Educators reported that the competitive bidding continues to limit access to popular brands of diabetes testing supplies and that the limited availability of products from suppliers is compounded by inaccurate information from Medicare and the suppliers themselves. (diabetesjournals.org)
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the competitive bidding program for mail-order suppliers of diabetes testing equipment in January 2011. (news-medical.net)
- AADE supports the goal of competitive bidding insofar as it may reduce patient out of pocket costs for products that help patients control their diabetes and improve their health. (diabeteseducator.org)
- A competitive bidding program for diabetes test strips that was supposed to reduce Medicare costs has ended up encouraging rock-bottom prices and low standards, thus putting patients at risk and actually driving up costs, according to study published in the journal Diabetes Care . (fiercehealthcare.com)
- The supplier bidding period for Round 2 Recompete and the national mail-order recompete for diabetes testing supplies concluded on March 26, 2015. (uscopdcoalition.org)
- Competitive Bidding Puts Diabetes Patients at Risk. (childrenwithdiabetes.com)
- February 8, 2018 marked a big win for people in the diabetes community when Congress made changes to the Competitive Bidding Program (CPB) that included strengthening the 50 percent and anti-switching rules. (diabeteseducator.org)
- Independent pharmacies with a significant business in diabetes supplies will be facing their next big challenge to that business in January 2013 when competitive bidding of durable medical equipment goes into effect for mail order, Chris Smith, director of policy and regulatory affairs for the National Association of Community Pharmacists, told Drug Store News . (drugstorenews.com)
International Competitive Bidding1
- The contract will be awarded via international competitive bidding. (pv-tech.org)
Durable3
- All required financial documents must be uploaded in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, by the close of the bid window . (dmecompetitivebid.com)
- The paper then illustrates these issues in practice by outlining one possible competitive bidding system for purchases and rentals of durable medical equipment under the Medicare program. (dukeupress.edu)
- The National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care has registered strong support for lawmakers who say the government should put the brakes on a Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. (mcknights.com)
Requirement5
- Despite any subsequent pressure HHSC may have received to the contrary, state law generally requires procurement through a competitive bidding, and HHSC's own policy mirrors this requirement," Davis and Howard wrote. (heralddemocrat.com)
- John McNamara, executive director of the Texas Pregnancy Care Network, said in an email that a bidding requirement from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission "hampers the growth, reach and outcomes of the Program. (heralddemocrat.com)
- Sealed bidding, also known as Invitation for Bids (IFB), is used when the government believes an "award can be made to the lowest price offeror who is responsive and responsible and the government's requirement is reasonably well defined in the form of drawings and specifications" (Murphy, 2009, p. 17). (studymode.com)
- When Imperial has a need for a supply requirement that cannot be fulfilled by an existing preferred supply agreement we will either invite competitive quotations or tenders from suppliers. (imperial.ac.uk)
- The bidding method adopted will depend very much on the value of the requirement. (imperial.ac.uk)
Requests for proposals1
- Not later than the 60th day before the date a school district's current depository contract expires, the district shall choose whether to select a depository through competitive bidding or through requests for proposals. (tasb.org)
Findings2
- These findings also raise concerns with the prospect of expansion of competitive bidding for insulin pumps and supplies to areas outside of the original 9 Competitive Bidding Areas," Specker said. (diabeteseducator.org)
- Electronic data processing and telecommunications systems - Municipalities - Acquisition method - Competitive negotiation - Findings, intent. (wa.gov)
20191
- However, since the opening of the bid window has been moved from June 2019 to July 2019, the tax year end dates have been revised accordingly. (dmecompetitivebid.com)
20171
- CMS is currently evaluating bids received as part of the Round 1 2017 competition, which is scheduled to be implemented on January 1, 2017. (uscopdcoalition.org)
Procurement3
- As yet, however, there has been little analysis of the committee system for competitive bids created in legislation for the procurement of goods and services by government. (scielo.org.za)
- Competitive bidding shall be employed in all procurement undertaken by the IP. (unhcr.org)
- The competitive contract method is generally competitive bidding, and the method of deciding the winning bidder is the comprehensive evaluation bidding method, thereby achieving procurement with excellent quality and price. (e-nexco.co.jp)
Metropolitan stati2
- As previously reported , the Round 2 Recompete will cover 90 metropolitan statistical areas/117 competitive bidding areas, while the national mail-order recompete for mail-order diabetic testing supplies includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. (lexology.com)
- A total of 29 different suppliers were contacted in the fall of 2014across the nine Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs_ included in the competitive biddings areas). (diabeteseducator.org)
Congress4
- Congress had previously ruled that competitive bidding should have provided at least 50% of the systems on the market, and in this case, one can argue that the program failed to meet that objective ( 5 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- Consumer Groups, Economists, Members of Congress Oppose Badly Designed Bid System. (disabled-world.com)
- As Medicare expands a controversial "competitive" bidding program for home medical equipment and services, economists, consumer groups, and members of Congress have gone on record to oppose that program citing reduced patient access to care, flaws in the program design, and impact on local jobs. (disabled-world.com)
- Moreover, 167 experts, including two Nobel laureates and numerous economics professors from leading universities, have warned Congress that this bidding system will fail. (disabled-world.com)
CBIC1
- CMS has designated the CMS Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) as the focal point for bidder education. (rtmagazine.com)
Submit bids2
- Under competitive bidding, DME suppliers submit bids to the CMS that include the price at which they are willing to sell a specific item and the percentage of the geographic area's market they would serve at that price. (copdfoundation.org)
- Plans submit bids based on estimated costs per enrollee for services covered under Medicare Parts A and B. The bids then are compared to benchmark amounts that are set by a formula established in statute and vary by county (or region in the case of regional PPOs), based in part on traditional Medicare costs in the area. (kff.org)
AADE1
- AADE continues to press CMS to take action on the Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). (diabeteseducator.org)
Proposals7
- Two ways in which contracting officials do this is by using sealed bids and competitive proposals. (studymode.com)
- SEALED BIDS VS . COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS Tiffany Tanner Strayer University BUS 315: Cost And Price Analysis Professor Latimore OCTOBER 24, 2012 Abstract This paper will explore how Sealed Bidding and Competitive proposals compare against each other. (studymode.com)
- FAR parts 14 and 15 explains in full detail Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals . (studymode.com)
- Two standard methods are known as sealed bidding and competitive proposals . (studymode.com)
- The tying bids or proposals are otherwise equal in the judgment and discretion of the board. (tasb.org)
- Award a contract to each of the banks submitting the tying bids or proposals. (tasb.org)
- A board has the right to reject any and all bids or proposals. (tasb.org)
Reimbursement4
- Medicare overpays for home medical equipment and services, and the bidding system improves the method for setting reimbursement rates for that equipment and service. (disabled-world.com)
- Proponents of the bidding system use out-of-date reimbursement rates and false comparisons of retail costs versus Medicare costs to argue their case. (disabled-world.com)
- The report, issued in March, recommended that CMS reduce reimbursement for pumps and include the category in Round 2 of national competitive bidding (NCB). (hmenews.com)
- Because let's put it this way: if competitive bidding lowers reimbursement rates too greatly, we are never going to get to an artificial pancreas. (diabetesnews.com)
Areas6
- The new, lower payment amounts resulting from the competition replace the fee schedule amounts for the bid items in these areas. (cms.gov)
- In this second round, competitive bidding will be implemented in 70 areas, including the nation's largest cities. (lexology.com)
- There remain areas that are abused and exploited and need reform but the problem is our lawmakers tend to throw the baby out with the bath water, Instead of targeting insane advertising campaigns by cherry picking dealers, pushing everything from diabetic supplies, catheters, impotence devices and motorized wheelchairs, they go after grandma's local and often rural full service medical equipment supplier with over regulation and unfair competitive bidding advantages. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- The major concern is in the long term effect when competitive bidding has been expanded to all areas. (mountainside-medical.com)
- The survey also seeks to find differences in services for respondents in the Competitive Bidding Program Phase 1 areas compared to respondents in non-Phase 1 areas. (itemcoalition.org)
- Additionally, despite repeated attempts by CMS to informing users in the Phase 1 areas, four of the six Phase 1 area respondents had not heard of the Competitive Bidding Program. (itemcoalition.org)
Suppliers7
- For each competitive acquisition area, the Secretary must solicit bids by suppliers to supply certain covered items. (lexology.com)
- In order to be awarded a contract, bidding entities must meet new quality standards for suppliers, along with financial standards specified by the Secretary. (lexology.com)
- The Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor has a variety of related educational materials for suppliers on its website . (lexology.com)
- The winning suppliers must agree to accept assignment on all claims for bid items and will be paid the bid price amount- the median of all winning bids for an item. (ventusers.org)
- Thereafter it is anticipated that the majority of our requirements will be advertised on the Web for suppliers to view and express an interest in bidding. (imperial.ac.uk)
- The tender period for suppliers to prepare their bid shall be no less than two weeks. (imperial.ac.uk)
- Grant all competitive suppliers equal consideration insofar as state or federal statute and institutional policy permit. (wssu.edu)
Contractor1
- When an IFB is released on a government website, FedBizOpps, any contractor who wishes to submit a bid is allowed. (studymode.com)
Beneficiary2
- However, GAO further reports that the Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) did not appear to have adversely affected beneficiary access to CBP-covered items which includes supplemental oxygen. (copdfoundation.org)
- Modifier KT-Beneficiary Resides in a Competitive Bidding Area and Travels Outside that Competitive Bidding Area and Receives a Competitive Bid Item. (codingahead.com)
Tenders1
- 6 Next, the use of competitive bidding, also generally known as a public call for tenders, and the committee system will be discussed. (scielo.org.za)
Supplies1
- The bidding system affects providers and users of home medical equipment and services such as oxygen therapy, respiratory devices, hospital beds, wheelchairs, and other medically required equipment and supplies needed by seniors and people with disabilities in the Medicare system. (disabled-world.com)
Implementation4
- Prior to 2011 implementation, one company had the dominant market share of mail order but did not win the bid when the program was implemented. (diabetesjournals.org)
- One would have expected that CMS would have more closely monitored the implementation and outcome of competitive bidding. (diabetesjournals.org)
- This is a summary of the Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and Modernization of the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures Report and Order ( Report and Order ), released on January 24, 2006. (federalregister.gov)
- In recent months, the courts have increasingly been faced with issues revolving around the implementation of the bid committee system. (scielo.org.za)
MSAs1
- Competitive acquisition will be phased in geographically, applying to 10 of the largest MSAs in 2007, a total of 80 MSAs in 2009, and additional MSAs thereafter. (lexology.com)
Transparency1
- There is a lack of transparency in the bid program that is "unacceptable in a government auction and is in sharp contrast to well-run government auctions. (disabled-world.com)
Round9
- Today, CMS released the detailed schedule for Round 2 bidding. (cms.gov)
- BALTIMORE - Two product categories added to Round 2 of competitive bidding represent opposite ends of the wound care spectrum--from prevention to chronic treatment. (hmenews.com)
- CMS on Aug. 19 announced the product categories for Round 2 of competitive bidding, including support surfaces (Group 2 mattresses and overlays) and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). (hmenews.com)
- NPWT was included in the original Round 1, but not the re-bid. (hmenews.com)
- With hospital beds already included in competitive bidding, it's not surprising that support surfaces, which often are supplied along with beds to prevent bedsores, made the list for Round 2. (hmenews.com)
- In reality, it's a clinical service, just like oxygen, (which has been included in Round 1 and 2 of competitive bidding)," said Carol Laumer, executive director of Rice Home Medical in Willmar, Minn. "I think it falls in that same clinical category. (hmenews.com)
- With NPWT included in Round 2 and bidding expected to take place next year, stakeholders realize time is running out to get CMS's attention. (hmenews.com)
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting comments on the agency's proposal to include off-the-shelf spinal orthoses and off-the-shelf knee orthoses in the next round of competitive bidding. (vgm.com)
- However, competitive bidding was only halted, not eliminated, and with the high cost projections for health care reform, it has been resurrected for Round 2. (ventusers.org)
Competition2
- These States do not specify the type of work or limit the size of project a firm may bid upon because they feel prequalification may restrict competition unduly. (dot.gov)
- The district may add to the uniform bid blank other terms that do not unfairly restrict competition between banks in or near the territory of the district. (tasb.org)
Proposal6
- The proposal includes a total of 24 codes being phased into the next bidding program. (vgm.com)
- Bid proposal will be received at the Churchill Road, Head Quarter 2nd until 5:00 P.M. Bids presented by any bidder after the closing date shall not be accepted. (newbusinessethiopia.com)
- A sworn anti-collusion statement should be included as part of the bid proposal package. (dot.gov)
- The district must keep the selected bid or proposal form in the district and make it available to TEA upon request. (tasb.org)
- The board shall at a regular or special meeting consider each bid or proposal received. (tasb.org)
- If a member of the board is a stockholder, officer, director, or employee of a bank, the bank is not disqualified from bidding, submitting a proposal, or becoming the depository of the district if the bank is selected by a majority vote of the board or a majority vote of a quorum when only a quorum is present. (tasb.org)
Insulin1
- Lucky for us, CMS is currently encouraging public comment on future rounds of the competitive bidding program, including for insulin pumps. (diabetesnews.com)
Rule1
- The notice must include the uniform bid blank form prescribed by State Board of Education ( SBOE ) rule. (tasb.org)
Proponents1
- Proponents of the bidding system have conveyed misleading information that exaggerates the benefits and ignores severe shortcomings of the program. (disabled-world.com)
Acquisition2
- The Secretary also may phase in competitive acquisition programs first among the highest cost and highest volume items and services or those that have the largest savings potential. (lexology.com)
- The Secretary may limit the number of contractors in a competitive acquisition area to the number needed to meet projected demand. (lexology.com)
Solicitation2
- The official solicitation bid document(s) posted by the agency, often including detailed specifications, requirements, forms and directions necessary for bid submission. (governmentbids.com)
- First a solicitation for bids must be drafted. (studymode.com)
Statutory requirements1
- A bid that does not respond to the terms contained in the invitation to bid is not within statutory requirements but is considered to be a new proposition or a counterproposal. (thefreedictionary.com)
Exemptions1
- Competitive bidding requirements - Exemptions. (wa.gov)
Contract10
- The competitive bidding laws and regulations specify that CMS may not award a Competitive Bidding Program contract to a supplier unless that supplier meets applicable financial standards. (dmecompetitivebid.com)
- In order to award a contract through sealed bids, a few things must occur. (studymode.com)
- Competitive bidding - Written protests - Notice of contract execution. (wa.gov)
- 1) "Award" means the formal decision by the state or municipality notifying a responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid of the state's or municipality's acceptance of the bid and intent to enter into a contract with the bidder. (wa.gov)
- Guidelines on Contract Procedures with Emphasis on Bid Reviews and Evaluation', dated December 17, 1982. (dot.gov)
- If a district chooses to use competitive bidding, the district shall, not later than the 30th day before the date the current depository contract expires, mail to each bank in the district and, if desired, to other banks, a notice stating the time and place in which bid applications will be received for selecting a depository or depositories. (tasb.org)
- The submission of a bid in response to an invitation is considered an offer, and although it may not be freely withdrawn prior to acceptance, it does not become a contract unless and until such time as it is accepted by the proper public authority. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The widest possible base of potential vendors suitable for a specific contract should be invited to bid. (unhcr.org)
- A "Bid Monitoring Committee" has been set up for each Regional Head Office, and the background of the bidding contract procedure and the examination status are examined by external experts. (e-nexco.co.jp)
- In addition, we have set up a "Bid Monitoring Unified Secretariat" to conduct pre and post examinations of bid contract procedures, collect and analyze data, strive to optimize the procedures, and report the examination status to the Bid Monitoring Committee. (e-nexco.co.jp)
Behavior1
- We conducted a framed field experiment on eBay, and examined to what extent both social and competitive laboratory behavior are robust to institutionally complex real world markets with experienced traders, who selected themselves into these markets. (repec.org)
Regulations2
- 1)(A) All lands to be leased which are not subject to leasing under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection shall be leased as provided in this paragraph to the highest responsible qualified bidder by competitive bidding under general regulations in units of not more than 2,560 acres, except in Alaska, where units shall be not more than 5,760 acres. (house.gov)
- 2)(A)(i) If the lands to be leased are within a special tar sand area, they shall be leased to the highest responsible qualified bidder by competitive bidding under general regulations in units of not more than 5,760 acres, which shall be as nearly compact as possible, upon the payment by the lessee of such bonus as may be accepted by the Secretary. (house.gov)
Restrict1
- The specifications must not be drafted so as to restrict bidding to a single bidder unless it is clearly essential to the public interest to do so. (thefreedictionary.com)
Services9
- LAST month, the Obama administration announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would make much greater use of competitive bidding to buy medical equipment for Medicare patients. (nytimes.com)
- In 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented competitive bidding for selected product categories in nine "test" markets. (diabetesjournals.org)
- These concerns have been shared with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which designed the bidding system. (disabled-world.com)
- A bill to expand the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, or MIPPA, has been re-introduced as part of a bi-partisan effort led by U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin to expand the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Competitive Bidding Program. (27east.com)
- If the bill becomes law, manufacturers of motorized wheelchairs and their accessories would be required to submit a bid to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, whereby they would be evaluated on their financial standing, product quality and final retail price. (27east.com)
- This paper reviews the empirical literature on competitive bidding for health services under public programs and, in this context, discusses the major issues that must be confronted in designing bidding systems. (dukeupress.edu)
- The item Medicare HMOs : setting payment rates through competitive bidding, United States General Accounting Office, Health, Education and Human Services Division represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School . (upenn.edu)
- We strive to assist our customers to identify, select, and acquire quality goods and services at competitive pricing. (wssu.edu)
- Printing - All work provided by the contracted Printing Service does not require bidding or approval by the Department of Purchasing Services. (wssu.edu)
Make3
- The bidding program will make healthcare more cost-effective. (disabled-world.com)
- CMS will also modify the format of some of the documents to "make them more reader-friendly and help ease the burden of bid submission. (hmenews.com)
- When all bids are received from qualified firms, sealed bidding can make an award decision quite simple. (studymode.com)
Patients1
- So for the safety, comfort, and care of our patients, please consider ending Competitive Bidding for good. (blogspot.com)
Concerns1
- Providing real examples of patient concerns, practitioners can effectively demonstrate the need to keep these product categories out of the competitive bidding program. (vgm.com)
Healthcare1
- Outlines a proposed plan to cut healthcare spending through a competitive bidding system for Medicare Advantage plans that pays insurers the average of their submitted bids. (issuelab.org)
Procedures5
- To outline recommended procedures for preparing engineer's estimates and for reviewing bids prior to concurrence in award. (dot.gov)
- To provide guidance for improving pre-bid, bid review and evaluation policies and procedures. (dot.gov)
- To improve competitive bidding procedures. (dot.gov)
- Specific information that should be collected from a firm includes the following: financial resources, principal individuals in the firm (anyone having a 10 percent or more interest in the firm), all affiliates or subsidiary companies including material sources, available equipment, work experience, individuals and organizations that have control or influence over the firm's bidding procedures, and whether the firm has ever been suspended or debarred from bidding and the related circumstances. (dot.gov)
- More open and competitive bidding procedures. (oecd.org)
Evaluation3
- Such committee system must, moreover, consist of at least a bid specification committee, a bid evaluation committee and a bid adjudication committee. (scielo.org.za)
- Frequently asked bid evaluation questions and answers. (dmecompetitivebid.com)
- The Secretary shall accept the highest bid from a responsible qualified bidder which is equal to or greater than the national minimum acceptable bid, without evaluation of the value of the lands proposed for lease. (house.gov)
Public5
- The key legal issue was whether a joint bid submitted under a public tender constituted an anti-competitive agreement by object. (concurrences.com)
- Simen M. Klevstrand, The Norwegian Court of Appeals upholds that a joint bid submitted under a public tender constituted an anti-competitive agreement by object (Ski Taxi / Follo Taxisentral / Ski Follo Taxidrift) , 17 March 2015 , e-Competitions March 2015, Art. (concurrences.com)
- Suppression of competitive bidding on public works, penalty: RCW 9.18.120 through 9.18.150 . (wa.gov)
- Once the plans and specifications are prepared, the public entity must publish a public notice of its intentions to receive bids. (thefreedictionary.com)
- The system permits parallel public, limited, and proprietary access to database information for the purpose of establishing and managing projects requiring multiple, and potentially competitive, resource providers. (google.com)
System9
- They should allow the independent provider who has met all state and federal requirements including accreditation, bonding and licensure the opportunity to work under the new system as a participating provider willing to accept the negotiated competitive bid rates and tell the insurance companies who are subsidized by tax dollars they must accept any willing Medicare provider into their networks. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- Those who are uncomfortable with competitive bidding should think carefully about how much they are willing to pay to retain the current system, which pays private plans far more than their costs. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- In this article, the relevant legislative provisions on the committee system for competitive bids in local government are discussed. (scielo.org.za)
- 1 One of the reasons for this is that it is only after organs of state, and in particular municipalities, have begun to implement the bid committee system in their day-to-day practices that it is clear that problems are arising. (scielo.org.za)
- This article is timely in that it will critically analyse the relevant legislative provisions in light of all the cases that have thus far involved the bid committee system at local government level. (scielo.org.za)
- Even though legislation for national and provincial government provides for the use of the committee system for competitive bids, and in certain respects the relevant provisions correspond with those that apply to local government, there are significant differences. (scielo.org.za)
- The committee system for competitive bids at national and provincial level will accordingly be examined elsewhere and this article will be confined to local government. (scielo.org.za)
- Most of the cases that have thus far dealt with the bid committee system, moreover, do so from a local government perspective. (scielo.org.za)
- However, we are in the early stages of developing a system where requests for quotations will be managed electronically via the Web through a new Imperial electronic bidding system. (imperial.ac.uk)
Firms1
- Another possible use would be to determine the relationship of firms bidding on any one project. (dot.gov)
Supplier3
- Registration will begin on December 5, and the 60-day supplier bidding period will begin in late January of 2012. (cms.gov)
- This supplier disruption is scheduled to occur every 3 years with the Competitive Bidding Program. (diabetesjournals.org)
- In May 2009, CMS began a pre-bidding supplier awareness campaign and is now beginning a comprehensive supplier education campaign leading up to the bidding period. (rtmagazine.com)