Timeline
CMS issues Final DMEPOS Rule detailing changes to competitive bidding program
November 14, 2018
83 Fed Reg 56922
CMS begins pre-bidding supplier awareness program
March 7, 2019
CMS announces dates for registration and bidding
May 2019
CBIC
CMS begins bidder education program
May 2019
CBIC
Bidder registration period to obtain user IDs and passwords begins
June 10, 2019
CBIC
Bid window opens
July 16, 2019
DBidS Registration Closes
(Connexion registration always remains open)
August 16, 2019
CBIC
Covered Document Review Date for Bidders to upload financial documents in Connexion
August 19, 2019
CBIC
Bid Window Closes
September 18, 2019
CBIC
Preliminary Bid Evaluation
Fall 2019
CBIC
CMS announces single payment amounts and begins contracting process
Summer 2020
CBIC
CMS Announces Contract suppliers
Fall 2020
CBIC
Implementation of Round 2021 contracts and prices
January 2021
CBIC
- Based on information retrieved from CBIC on 6/10/2019