Tag: Ostomy supplies
Bid delay bills see blitz of support
October 29, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Numerous organizations representing health care professionals and people who use diabetes, urological and ostomy supplies are putting their weight behind bills that would delay these product categories from being included in Medicare’s competitive bidding program for five years.
The bills currently at play:
The Diabetes Interventions Addressing Barriers to Enrollment, Technology, and Education Services Act (DIABETES Act), S. 4037, was introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen,...
Bill introduced to pause competitive bidding for ostomy, urology supplies
October 9, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Reps. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., and Brad Schneider, D-Ill., have introduced a bill that would exempt ostomy and urological supplies from Medicare’s DMEPOS competitive bidding program for five years.
According to AAHomecare, the Access to Medical Supplies Act would give the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with input from industry stakeholders, the time to fully analyze the impact of the program on patients.
The bill would:
Create a technical expert panel...
Industry, armed with data, ramps up advocacy for bid relief
October 2, 2026Theresa Flaherty
WASHINGTON – Home medical equipment (HME) stakeholders had several high-level meetings scheduled the week of Sept. 28, including with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to discuss the expected negative impact of the next round of Medicare’s competitive bidding program (CBP).
AAHomecare recently released the results of a survey that estimates more than 1,700 DMEPOS companies would be at risk of downsizing or closing down if a new remote-item delivery framework goes into effect...
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
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
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...