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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 36, § 20.5.4
Items Furnished on a Mail Order Basis
A Medicare beneficiary who maintains a permanent residence in a CBA for which we have done
competitive bidding for mail order items may purchase their mail order items from: (1) a mail
order contract supplier for that CBA; or (2) a noncontract supplier, if the item is purchased at a
storefront. In situations where the beneficiary elects to obtain the item from a local storefront or
from a local supplier via a mode of delivery other than mail order and the item is not subject to a
competitive bidding program established for non-mail order items, the beneficiary may obtain
the item from any Medicare enrolled supplier.
History
(Rev. 1532, Issued: 06-11-08, Effective: 07-01-08, Implementation: 07-07-08)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
72db44971dad8bb923e89d16155b0d940d00bcefed4991fa84ad61244adf7ba6
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