At press time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that will be part of the second round of national competitive bidding:

Allentown-Bethlehem-
Easton, PA-NJ
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Hartford-West Hartford-
East Hartford, CT
New Haven-Milford, CT
New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA
Syracuse, NY
Asheville, NC
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-
Marietta, GA
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
Austin-Round Rock, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
Chattanooga, TN-GA
Columbia, SC
Deltona-Daytona Beach-
Ormond Beach, FL
El Paso, TX
Greensboro-High Point, NC
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Jackson, MS
Jacksonville, FL
Knoxville, TN
Lakeland, FL
Little Rock-North Little Rock-
Conway, AR
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Akron, OH
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
Columbus, OH
Dayton, OH
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
Flint, MI
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
Minneapolis-St. Paul-
Bloomington, MN-WI
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
Toledo, OH
Wichita, KS
Youngstown-Warren-
Boardman, OH-PA
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
Ocala, FL
Oklahoma City, OK
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Richmond, VA
San Antonio, TX
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Tulsa, OK
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-
Newport News, VA-NC
Albuquerque, NM
Bakersfield, CA
Colorado Springs, CO
Denver-Aurora, CO
Fresno, CA
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
Los Angeles-Long Beach-
Santa Ana, CA
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-
Roseville, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Diego-Carlsbad-
San Marcos, CA
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Visalia-Porterville, CA