CMS announces MSAs and Product Categories for Round 2 of the Medicare NCB Program

CMS has announced the 70 MSAs and the 8 Product Categories for Round 2 of the Medicare NCB Program.

Metropolitan Statistical Areas

The new program will take effect for people with Medicare in the following 70 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in 2009:

West	Midwest	South	Northeast
Albuquerque, NM	Akron, OH	Asheville, NC	Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton, PA-NJ
Bakersfield, CA	Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL-IN-WI	Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta, GA	Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, CT
Colorado Springs, CO	Columbus, OH	Augusta - Richmond County, GA-SC	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
Denver - Aurora, CO	Dayton, OH	Austin - Round Rock, TX	New Haven - Milford, CT
Fresno, CA	Detroit - Warren - Livonia, MI	Baton Rouge, LA	New York - Northern New Jersey - Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	Flint, MI	Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX	Scranton -- Wilkes-Barre, PA
Los Angeles - Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	Grand Rapids - Wyoming, MI	Birmingham - Hoover, AL	Syracuse, NY
Sacramento -- Arden-Arcade -- Roseville, CA	Huntington - Ashland, WV-KY-OH	Cape Coral - Fort Myers, FL
Salt Lake City, UT	Indianapolis - Carmel, IN	Charleston - North Charleston, SC
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA	Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI	Chattanooga, TN-GA
San Francisco - Oakland - Fremont, CA	Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN-WI	Columbia, SC
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA	Omaha - Council Bluffs, NE-IA	Deltona - Daytona Beach - Ormond Beach, FL
Visalia - Porterville, CA	Toledo, OH	El Paso, TX
	Wichita, KS	Greensboro - High Point, NC
	Youngstown - Warren - Boardman, OH-PA	Greenville - Mauldin - Easley, SC
		Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown, TX
		Jackson, MS
		Jacksonville, FL
		Knoxville, TN
		Lakeland, 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
		Ocala, FL
		Oklahoma City, OK
		Oklahoma City, OK
		Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, FL
		Raleigh - Cary, NC
		Richmond, VA
		San Antonio, TX
		Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
		Tulsa, OK
		Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA-NC

Product Categories

For these 70 additional MSAs, the competitive bidding program will include 8 of the top DMEPOS product categories including:

Oxygen Supplies and Equipment
Standard Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, and Related Accessories
Complex Rehabilitative Power Wheelchairs and Related Accessories
Enteral Nutrients, Equipment, and Supplies
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Devices, Respiratory Assist Devices (RADs), and Related Supplies and Accessories
Hospital Beds and Related Accessories
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Pumps and Related Supplies and Accessories
Walkers and Related Accessories

For more information visit www.medicare.gov.