Tag: Ostomy supplies
Campaign launches to stop bidding for urological, ostomy supplies
June 1, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A group of national patient advocacy organizations has launched “The High Cost of Low Bids,” a campaign urging policymakers to stop the inclusion of urological and ostomy supplies in Medicare’s competitive bidding program.
The campaign responds to a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to include these supplies in the CBP, warning that applying a lowest-bid purchasing model to clinically complex, highly individualized products could...
UOAA enlists providers to collect user experiences with obtaining supplies
April 16, 2026HME News Staff
BIDDEFORD, Maine – The United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc. (UOAA) has launched a nationwide survey for end users of ostomy and urological supplies and has invited providers to share the survey with their customers.
UOAA requests providers use the following language when promoting the survey:
“We have teamed up with UOAA and need your help. Your experience helps protect patient safety and access to the supplies you depend on. United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc. (UOAA)...
Stakeholders build foundation for bid delay legislation
February 13, 2026Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are working behind the scenes on the introduction of two separate bills that would delay competitive bidding for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), insulin pumps, and ostomy and urological supplies.
The current plan is to delay CGMs and insulin pumps in one bill, and ostomy and urological supplies in a second bill – a logical split of the product categories, says Jay Witter, vice president of government...
New campaign launches to delay bid program for ostomy, urological supplies
February 10, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., is spearheading a congressional sign-on letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to delay the competitive bidding program (CBP) for ostomy and urological supplies, AAHomecare reports.
Among the concerns with including these products in the CBP is the importance of proper fitting and individual support. The letter states:
“Wound, ostomy, and continence clinicians across the country emphasize that these products...
Convatec secures two contracts with Premier for ostomy solutions
February 10, 2026HME News Staff
LONDON and BOSTON – Convatec has been awarded two group purchasing agreements (GPOs) in the enterostomal therapy products category with Premier effective April 1.
National agreement: The new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for enterostomal therapy products.
AscenDrive agreement: The AscenDrive program is designed to...
AdvaMed urges CMS to protect patient access following final plans for CBP
December 1, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AdvaMed has weighed in on CMS’s final plans to include continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), as well as ostomy, tracheostomy and urological supplies, in the next round of the competitive bidding program (CBP).
The group says it is concerned about the potential impact on patient access of the agency’s plans to include supplies as product categories for Remote Item Delivery (RID) product categories.
“We...
Edgepark builds out storefront
November 26, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
TWINSBURG, Ohio - Edgepark has added urologicals to its ostomy storefront, marking the latest step in its strategy to enhance the patient experience and simplify processes for prescribers, says Yelena Brusilovsky.
The company on Nov. 17 added urologicals to the ostomy storefront that it first debuted in 2024 on Parachute’s e-prescribing platform. It also offers breast pumps and diabetes management products through the platform.
“We want to be a one-stop shop for...
Movement grows to shield critical medical supplies from Medicare competitive bidding
October 3, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Efforts to exclude medical supplies from the next round of Medicare competitive bidding are gaining steam as lawmakers and patient advocacy groups join industry stakeholders in pulling at some of the many weak threads of the program.
Overreach of the statute language?
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first released details on the latest round of the program on June 30, the agency specified that ostomy, tracheostomy and urological supplies...
In brief: Bid carve out, med device investigation, Medline IPO
October 1, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Reps. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., and Greg Murphy, R-N.C., are leading a sign-on letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) not to move forward with expanding the competitive bidding program to include ostomy, urological and tracheostomy supplies. They seek signatures by close of business this Friday, Oct. 3.
“We respectfully request that the proposal for inclusion of these products be withdrawn as we believe it would conflict with the administration's...
Reps urge CMS to drop certain supplies from next round of bidding
September 30, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Reps. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., and Greg Murphy, R-N.C., are leading a sign-on letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) not to move forward with expanding the competitive bidding program to include ostomy, urological and tracheostomy supplies. They seek signatures by close of business this Friday, Oct. 3.
“We respectfully request that the proposal for inclusion of these products be withdrawn as we believe it would conflict with the administration's...