DME Bidding Program To Expand

According to this Bloomberg News article, Medicare Bid Process for Medical Supplies to Expand, "U.S. regulators plan to proceed with a program requiring durable medical equipment suppliers led by Lincare Holdings Inc. (LNCR) and Apria Healthcare Group Inc. to bid to sell to Medicare beneficiaries."

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the second round of a program that uses competitive bidding to set prices for DME. They plan to expand the program to 91 metropolitan areas by July 2013 and nationwide in 2016. Some companies think that the DME program will cause businesses to close, and make it harder for patients to get timely access to products and supplies.


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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

e-Pedigree Requirements - CA Board of Pharmacy

According to a recent CA Board of Pharmacy email notification:

The Board of Pharmacy announces it has consolidated its September
Enforcement Committee Meeting into a Board Meeting, and will hold this
meeting on September 7, 2011 in Los Angeles.  An agenda will be released
before the end of August. 

The principal discussion item at this meeting will be California’s e-pedigree
requirements. 

The location of the meeting is:
Health Services Department Auditorium
313 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

CA HMDR FAQs

Updated September 12, 2025

Sadly, the FAQ PDF is no longer available on the CDPH website.

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CA HMDR FAQs:  CA HMDR FAQs - find this PDF on the California Home Medical Device Retail Program website

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FDA on Medical Devices In The Home

• California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course for home medical device retailers (accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch)

Updated July 31, 2024

The link in the original post broke.

You might also be interested in:

• The FDA's Home Use Devices Initiative
• FDA Additional Resources on Home Use Devices (includes educational tools)

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The FDA added FDA's Home Use Medical Device Initiative -  Online Training Courses.

This is important, for the following reasons:

• Home care trends
• Agency's interest in home use medical device safety
• Risks associated with home use
• FDA's Home Use Initiative
• FDA's Actions

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California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course for home medical device retailers (accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch)

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Feds and Medicare To Head Off Medical Scooter Fraud

• People also want to buy California Exemptee license training certification

Updated August 30, 2023

The original link broke.

You can still read about the same topic here:

Medicare cracks down on power wheelchair claim fraud, but the bigger danger may be to health - Tampa Bay Times

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This caught my eye, so I'm sharing it with all of you, a USA Today article, Feds, Medicare crack down on medical scooter fraud.

In a nutshell, here's what's coming, a crack-down on medical-equipment providers who either overcharge Medicare for motorized wheelchairs or obtain them for people who don't need them.

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Average CA Designated Representative Salary - Do You Believe This?

• California Designated Representative Training Courses (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy) for:  Wholesalers | 3PL | Reverse Distributors

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Average CA Designated Representative Salary

Updated June 5, 2017

The link in the original post broke.

I checked on SimplyHired again. It wasn't very easy this time. From the only piece of info that they share, they estimate the salary range to be $52,000 - $72,000.

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Do you believe this figure for the average salary for a California Pharmacy Designated Representative?

I searched www.SimplyHired.com using this job title, Pharmacy Designated Representative in CA.

I tried to embed their graph, but alas, no success.

So here's the info, as of 6/25/2011: Average Pharmacy Designated Representative Salaries in CA is $76,000

Does this ring true for you?

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Earn a training affidavit  -  Training programs for California Designated Representative license applicants

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training 
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• FL Certified Designated Representative (CDR) Exam Prep Course  -  Lots of practice exams - Practice makes perfect!

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Phantom Pharmacy Scams Exploding

• The top choice for CDR and Exemptee training! Designated Representative Training | Exemptee Training. California Designated Representative online training courses. Florida CDR training and examination preparation. California HMDR Exemptee online training certification.
  

Updated February 7, 2026

The original link broke.

You might also be interested in this book:

PHANTOM BILLING, FAKE PRESCRIPTIONS, AND THE HIGH COST OF MEDICINE

Health Care Fraud and What to Do about It:

https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/62116/9780801460807.pdf

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Federal officials are watching as "a new fraud is spreading through the health care system. Criminal enterprises posing as pharmacies are billing Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers for fake prescriptions and bilking health care out of millions of dollars," reports this CNN Money article, Phantom pharmacy - A growing health care fraud.

You're probably reading this because you have an interest in CA or FL. The article also says, "scammers typically target Florida and California because they have large Medicare and Medicaid populations."

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