Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics Orthotics & Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issues continuous updates for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedules. Every year, they become effective in the first few days of the new year. This article throws light on information related to the fee schedule. For CY 2021, an update factor of 0.2 percent is applied to some of the DMEPOS fee schedule amounts. You will find some interesting facts about the DMEPOS fee schedule . For DMEPOS fee schedule items, reimbursement is the lower of the U&C or the fee schedule rate. Additional handling, shipping, or tax charges may not be billed. For most of the DMEPOS codes , the details can be found on the individual state’s Fee Schedule. Fee Schedule Amounts for Areas within the Contiguous United States To decide on the adjusted fee schedule amounts, the average of Single Payment Amounts from CBPs from 8 different regions of the contiguous United States are r...