Items Furnished on a Mail Order Basis

20.5.4 - Items Furnished on a Mail Order Basis (Rev. 1532, Issued: 06-11-08, Effective: 07-01-08, Implementation: 07-07-08) 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.