Just in from CMS: The number of active DMEPOS providers has increased
By Mike Moran
Updated Fri May 21, 2010
I'm on the road again. Last week it was Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas; this week it's the Pennsylvania Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers (PAMS) at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Seven Springs, Pa., about 90 minutes outside Pittsburgh. It's been a great meeting (in a beautiful setting), but more on that in the next day or two.
Right now I want to pass on some data we received this week from CMS. About a month ago, HME News used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to request the "number of DMEPOS suppliers that were active as of January, February, March and April 2010."
This data supports industry reports that more and more providers who voluntarily gave up their supplier numbers last fall to get accredited have become accredited and are returning to the Medicare program. We suspected that was going to happen, but as you know, CMS dragged its feet reinstating providers. This data seems to support industry reports that the foot-dragging has ended. Why it ever occurred in the first place is beyond me, but that's CMS for you.
Without further ado, here's the data.
The number of active DMEPOS suppliers as of January 1, 2010:
Jurisdiction A: 20,368
Jurisdiction B: 19,907
Jurisdiction C: 35,754
Jurisdiction D: 21,135
Total: 97,164
The number of active DMEPOS suppliers as of as of April 1, 2010
Jurisdiction A: 20,596
Jurisdiction B: 20,313
Jurisdiction C: 36,139
Jurisdiction D: 21,654
Total: 98,675
Mike Moran
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