Tag: Comment Period
Next round of competitive bidding: Comment period closes
September 2, 2025HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – VGM Group, the Council for Quality Respiratory Care and Cardinal Health at-Home Solutions have all shared the comments they submitted in response to CMS’s plans to resurrect the national competitive bidding program. The deadline for submitting comments was Friday, Aug. 29.
Key recommendations in VGM’s comments include:
Opposing the proposed Remote Item Delivery Competitive Bid Program.
Urging CMS to exclude ostomy, urological...
Stakeholders raise alarms on two CMS proposals
September 5, 2019HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders urge providers to comment on a proposal that would rescind certain Medicaid regulations regarding a state's obligation to assess and monitor beneficiary access when requesting approval to reduce or restructure payment rates.
AAHomecare has submitted comments on CMS-2406-P2, “Medicaid Program; Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services-Rescission,” and NCART plans to.
“This would be a major setback, dramatically minimizing...
Bidding and bundling: Providers heed call to comment
September 5, 2014Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders say a large number of providers answered the call to submit comments by Sept. 2 on a proposed rule to, among other things, expand the competitive bidding program nationwide.
More than 4,000 comments were submitted on the overall rule, and stakeholders believe a good number of them pertained to the bid expansion and another HME provision to create bundled monthly payments.
“The feedback we've gotten from providers spoke to rural healthcare access,”...
CMS: 'There's no specific proposal at this point'
March 7, 2014Leah Hoenen
BALTIMORE - CMS in February began taking public comment on how to expand competitive bidding nationwide, but not on the program itself, officials said during a March 5 Open Door Forum.During the Q&A portion of the forum, Kim Brummett, senior director of regulatory affairs for AAHomecare, asked if CMS planned to wait until the Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases a pair of reports on Round 1 and Round 2 of competitive bidding before issuing a proposed rule on expanding the program.Joel Kaiser,...