Annual DMEPOS Re-Survey (2026)

Effective January 1, 2026, CMS requires DMEPOS suppliers to be resurveyed and reaccredited at least once every 12 months instead of at least once every 36 months. The accreditation process includes an unannounced on-site survey.

The annual cycle does not begin immediately for every existing supplier. If a supplier's current three-year accreditation was issued before January 1, 2026, the annual resurvey and reaccreditation cycle begins when that existing accreditation expires. Suppliers obtaining initial accreditation on or after January 1, 2026 enter the annual cycle from the start.

For smaller independent suppliers who previously treated accreditation as a three-year cycle, the shift to annual scrutiny is a significant operational change. Suppliers that relied on paper logs, spreadsheets, or manual assembly of records for surveys now face a higher ongoing documentation burden.

The practical response is to capture operational history as work happens. Confirmed checkouts, returns, and readiness changes can create timestamped unit records. Detailed cleaning methods, inspection results, proof of delivery, and maintenance records still require a separate process unless a system explicitly captures them.