Tag: Final Rule
CMS finalizes changes to dispute resolution process
June 1, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a final rule that it says makes the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process more efficient and transparent, while saving money for millions of Americans. Since launching in April 2022, CMA says the Federal IDR process has received more than 5 million disputes – far exceeding expectations and creating delays and unnecessary costs. The agency says the rule addresses those bottlenecks by reducing ineligible...
CMS to honor current accreditation cycles
December 11, 2025HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – A new provision summary from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirms a provider’s annual resurvey and reaccreditation cycle will not begin until the expiration of the supplier’s current three-year cycle, if issued prior to Jan. 1, 2026.
A rule published by CMS on Nov. 28 finalized plans to require resurvey and reaccreditation every year instead of every three years.
The...
Stakeholders dig in: VGM & Associates to host webinar on the next round of CBP
December 2, 2025HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM & Associates will host a webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. CST to break down the recently released rule finalizing plans for Medicare's next round of the competitive bidding program (CBP) and what it means for home medical equipment (HME) providers.
Featured experts for the webcast:
Melanie Ewald, vice president of payer relations & reimbursement, VGM & Associates
Ronda...
The Compliance Team stands ready to implement new accreditation requirement
December 2, 2025HME News Staff
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. - The Compliance Team (TCT) says it is prepared to implement annual accreditation for DMEPOS providers as outlined in the recently released final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to the final rule, reaccreditation was required every three years. TCT says it has had a specifically designed annual, CMS-approved DMEPOS accreditation program for more than 14 years. “Our team at TCT is prepared starting...
AAH on final plans for CBP: ‘This is not reform, it’s regression’
December 1, 2025HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. - AAHomecare says a DMEPOS/Home Health Final Rule released late Friday that finalizes plans for the next round of the competitive bidding program (CBP) is a direct threat to patients and home medical equipment (HME) providers.
“By reviving the competitive bidding program without important guardrails established under the previous Trump Administration and expanding the program to include diabetes equipment, as well as ostomy, urological,...
In brief: Final rule delay, Medline IPO, HME Appreciation Week, Philips earnings
November 5, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A final rule with further details about CMS’s next round of the competitive bidding program (CBP) was not released last week, giving industry stakeholders more time to continue advocacy efforts, AAHomecare says.
The 2026 DMEPOS/Home Health Final Rule final rule was expected to be released on Oct. 31.
“Whether that delay is tied to the HME community’s all-out advocacy efforts on CBP provisions...
Final rule delay extends advocacy window
November 4, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A final rule with further details about CMS’s next round of the competitive bidding program (CBP) was not released last week, giving industry stakeholders more time to continue advocacy efforts, AAHomecare says.
The 2026 DMEPOS/Home Health Final Rule final rule was expected to be released on Oct. 31.
“Whether that delay is tied to the HME community’s all-out advocacy efforts on CBP provisions...
CMS finalizes reimbursement relief in rural areas
December 21, 2021HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS has published the DMEPOS Final Rule, making permanent the 50/50 blended reimbursement rates in rural areas but failing to provide relief in other areas.
For contiguous, non-rural areas, CMS says it will be paying suppliers 100% of the adjusted fee schedule rates using information from the competitive bidding program. For former bid areas, it says it will be paying the single payment amounts established during the program, plus an inflation adjustment factor on an annual...
Industry readies to press forward on relief
December 10, 2021Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - With PAYGO-related Medicare cuts behind them, industry stakeholders are re-focusing on the DMEPOS final rule, lining up a new champion in Congress to lead reimbursement relief efforts.
On Thursday, the Senate approved legislation to prevent across-the-board, 4% PAYGO-related cuts to Medicare reimbursement from taking effect in 2022.
“It’s a large victory that resulted from a consortium of efforts from across the health care sector,” said Tom Ryan,...
Reimbursement relief: Stakeholders play all angles
July 9, 2021Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders say Congress is “definitely getting back to work,” after a long spring, during which there was little movement on HME issues.
Stakeholders have been meeting with industry champion Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., to discuss legislative language for competitive bidding relief, line up a co-sponsor and identify possible vehicles for the fall, they said.
“We’ve had Hill visits, face-to-face meetings with members...