WASHINGTON (Feb. 18, 2015)—The year-long saga over controversial Medicare Part D regulations is expected to end this week when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issues the Part D Call Letter for 2016. After an initial uproar over a proposed regulation that threatened preferred pharmacy plans for millions of Medicare beneficiaries, CMS excluded such "controversial" provisions from its 2016 Final Part C & D Rule.

WASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2015)—Suppliers bidding in the Round 2 Recompete and/or the national mail-order recompete of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program, the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) must receive your hardcopy financial documents on or before Feb.