If a DMEPOS supplier is established as a sole proprietorship and has three separately-enrolled sites, must it obtained three surety bonds?
No. If the DMEPOS supplier is set up as a sole proprietorship, it will only need to submit one $50,000 bond – regardless of the number of enrolled sites it has. This is because sole proprietorships only receive one NPI. 28. Our single-site pharmacy has two NPIs. One is used to bill for DME supplies, and the other is to bill Medicare Part B for drugs. Since the surety bond requirement is predicated on the number of NPIs the supplier has, must our pharmacy obtain two surety bonds? No. Only one bond is required. While it is true that the bond requirement is based on the NPI, as a general rule a DMEPOS supplier will not need to submit more than one bond per enrolled location – even if that site has multiple NPIs tied to it.
