Areas included in the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program

You’re affected by this program if you live in (or get items while visiting) certain areas of the country listed below and you're getting certain products.

Note

As of July 2013, Medicare will have a National Mail-Order Program for diabetic testing supplies. No matter where you live, you’ll need to use a Medicare national mail-order contract supplier for Medicare to pay for diabetic testing supplies that are delivered to your home. If you don’t want diabetic testing supplies delivered to your home, you can go to any local store (local pharmacy or storefront supplier) that’s enrolled with Medicare and buy them there. This new program doesn't require you to change your testing monitor. If you're happy with your current monitor, look for a mail-order contract supplier or local store that can provide the supplies you need.

Round 1 of the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program is already in effect in certain ZIP codes in these areas:

  • Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord (North Carolina and South Carolina)
  • Cincinnati-Middletown (Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana)
  • Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor (Ohio)
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (Texas)
  • Kansas City (Missouri and Kansas)
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (Florida)
  • Orlando-Kissimmee (Florida)
  • Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario (California)

Round 2 is scheduled to start in July 2013. You may be affected by this program if you live in (or get competitive bid items while visiting) certain ZIP codes in these areas:

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
  • Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
  • Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • New Haven-Milford, CT
  • New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Poughkeepsie-Newburgh- Middletown, NY
  • Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA
  • Rochester, NY
  • Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Springfield, MA
  • Syracuse, NY
  • Worcester, MA
  • Akron, OH
  • Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dayton, OH
  • Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
  • Flint, MI
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
  • Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
  • Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Toledo, OH
  • Wichita, KS
  • Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
  • Asheville, NC
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Towson, MD
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
  • Birmingham-Hoover, AL
  • Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
  • Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC
  • Chattanooga, TN-GA
  • Columbia, SC
  • Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
  • El Paso, TX
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC
  • Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
  • Jackson, MS
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
  • North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
  • Ocala, FL
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Richmond, VA
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Tulsa, OK
  • Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Bakersfield-Delano, CA
  • Boise City-Nampa, ID
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
  • Fresno, CA
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Stockton, CA
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Visalia-Porterville, CA
Find out if your area and your item is included in the program.