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CMS Pub. 100-08, ch. 5, § 5.2.4
Timing of the Order/Prescription
Written Order Prior to Delivery (WOPD)
For PMDs and other DMEPOS items selected for inclusion on the Required Face-to-Face
Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List (See section 5.3.1 below), the SWO
must be communicated to the supplier prior to delivery. For items requiring a WOPD, the
contractors shall verify that the date of the written order is on or before the date of
delivery or on or before the date shipped, the shipping date is used as the date of service.
For additional information, see Chapter 4, section 26.1.
Written Orders Prior to Claim Submission:
For DMEPOS items that are not PMDs or otherwise included on the Required Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List, the SWO must be
communicated to the supplier prior to claim submission.
History
(Rev. 10190; Issued: 06-19-2020; Effective: 01-01-2020; Implementation: 07-01- 2020)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
7eba0d6e851a0735fe813982d75538dc0466ba9426cfb862554929b756df0ac9
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