Tag: Round 2028
CMS adjusts start of registration, bidding for Round 2028
October 7, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will open the bidder registration window for Round 2028 of the DMEPOS competitive bidding program (CBP) on Dec. 1, 2026, and the bid window on Jan. 5, 2027, to give providers additional time to prepare.
Originally, the agency planned to open the bid window later this year.
CMS has also published additional fact sheets and FAQs, as well as request for bid instructions. It has also opened the competitive bidding implementation...
CMS kicks off bid preparation with non-lead items, bid limits and more
June 5, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has shared a list of non-lead items and their ratios to lead items in a new bidding calculator on the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) website, AAHomecare reports.
The information is part of a large set of shared resources shared on the CBIC website kicking off “Phase 1: Bid Preparation for Round 2028” of the competitive bidding program (CBP).
The resources also include a list of product categories...