Medicare Bonds (DMEPOS Bonds)

The acronym DMEPOS stands for "Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies". The Federal Government has mandated that all suppliers of DMEPOS purchase a $50,000 DMEPOS surety bond.

To prevent confusion, it's important to understand that DMEPOS Bonds are also referred to as "DME Bonds", "CMS Bonds", "Medicare Bonds", or "Medicaid Supply Bonds".

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DMEPOS Supplier Deadlines: Recent government legislation has directed that all new suppliers obtain the aforementioned DME Bond no later than 4 May 2009. Current suppliers have until 2 October 2009 to obtain the surety bond.

Current Market for Medicare Bonds: As a result of the recent government legislation on DMEPOS Bonds, many bonding companies were concerned with the language utilized in the new law, and subsequently did not want to write these bonds. However, surety associations around the country have since worked closely with the government to come up with more acceptable language. While some bonding companies still are not willing to write DMEPOS Bonds, there are others that are more than willing to write these bond types. Fortunately, our agency has programs that are exclusively for DMEPOS Bonds.