DME standards
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS issues updated version of its 1quality standards for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, including about five pages of additional clarification from a version issued in 2006, primarily in a section on product-specific standards for custom-fabricated orthotics and prosthetics (2"The Gray Sheet" Aug. 21, 2006, p. 6). Suppliers are required to be accredited under the standards by Sept. 30, 2009