The start of 2014 is also the beginning of CMS’ implementation of contracts and prices for the round-one recompete of Medicare’s durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies competitive bidding program, which includes insulin infusion pumps among its six product categories.
In a separate process, CMS denied Medtronic PLC’s request to establish a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code for sensor-augmented insulin pumps in December 2013.