Last call! AAHomecare submits comments on CMS’s competitive bidding proposals Association urges stakeholders to also submit comments by Friday deadline
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:50 AM CDT, Thu August 28, 2025
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has finalized and submitted its comments to the CY 2026 DMEPOS/Home Health Proposed Rule. The rule maps out the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ plans for the next round of the Medicare national competitive bidding program.
AAHomecare’s comments include recommendations to:
- Keep the bid ceiling at the unadjusted 2015 fee schedule and to maintain the current methodology for determining the single payment amount (SPA) at the clearing price. Do not move forward with the proposal to establish the SPAs for lead items based on 75th percentile of winning bids.
- Do not add ostomy, urological and tracheostomy supplies to the bidding program.
- Exclude liquid oxygen and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs).
- Discontinue the use of lead-item bidding and allow bidders to bid on individual HCPCS codes to better reflect market pricing.
Find AAHomecare’s official comments here. See the Executive Summary (pages 3-4) for an overview of its recommendations.
AAHomecare’s Regulatory Council and Diabetes Council, as well as other HME leaders, lent their expertise in developing comments.
There’s still time to comment
Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by Friday, Aug. 29 (11:59pm ET). There are currently 12,431 comments submitted.
Submit comments here.
Keep it simple
AAHomecare says comments don’t have to cover every issue. Commenters should focus on the issues that resonate with them most – and how they will impact their businesses and patients. The association recommends using its Plain Language Summary and Commenting Advice and other resources from AAHomecare and VGM to draft comments.
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