CCS Medical named winner in national Competitive Bidding Program of CMS

CCS Medical, a leading provider of home delivery medical equipment and supplies, announced today that it has been named a winner in the national Competitive Bidding Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

CCS Medical is one of only 18 suppliers awarded CMS contracts to provide mail order diabetic testing supplies at competitively bid prices nationwide and in the four U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).  As announced previously by CCS Medical, one of the brands that CCS Medical will be carrying is LifeScan's OneTouch® Ultra® test strips, the No. 1 brand recommended by endocrinologists and diabetes educators.

In addition, CCS Medical was awarded a CMS contract to provide Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) pumps to beneficiaries in 87 of the 91 communities across the country that were competitively bid.  The Competitive Bidding Program and the National Mail Order Program are scheduled to go into effect July 1, 2013. 

"We are excited to be among this select group announced by CMS and to be servicing Medicare patients and reducing the cost of healthcare," said Dirk Allison , CCS Medical President and Chief Executive Officer.  "We have been preparing for this development by improving our service and lowering our costs," he said.  "We are ready to meet the needs of new patients and help them manage their chronic conditions by providing low-cost, high-quality products and services."

SOURCE CCS Medical