AAH calls on small businesses to reach out to lawmakers to share impact of competitive bidding
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:16 AM CDT, Wed October 22, 2025
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare is calling on industry stakeholders to reach out to members of Congress and ask that they weigh in with CMS on the potential impacts of another round of competitive bidding on small businesses.
The association says outreach over the next two weeks will help to amplify points it is making in direct meetings with the administration.
“In recent meetings, we’ve seen that discussion of the potential impacts on small businesses are of particular interest to members of the administration and are also well received on Capitol Hill,” it stated in a grassroots alert on Oct. 21.
The association suggests including this messaging to members of Congress if applicable:
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The proposed rule will create especially severe financial and operational strain for small suppliers like (name of company).
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CMS needs to pause implementation of the proposed rule to conduct meaningful analysis of the rule’s impact on small DMEPOS suppliers.
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The Regulatory Flexibility Act strictly requires federal agencies to consider the effects of their regulations on small businesses and other small entities. CMS analyzed impacts on small home health agencies in the Proposed Rule but failed to include any analysis on effects for DMEPOS suppliers.
AAHomecare also recommends including this fact sheet on DMEPOS small business impacts in emails to lawmakers.
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