Tag: urological 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...
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...
Finnegan Health Services buys Eclipse Medical
May 5, 2026HME News Staff
CONWAY, Ark. – Finnegan Health Services has acquired Eclipse Medical, a North Little Rock, Ark.-based provider specializing in diabetes and urology supplies. The deal expands Finnegan’s product offerings, enhances its operational scale and deepens its relationships with physicians, payers and health care partners.
“Eclipse Medical is a natural fit with our mission to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care,” said Todd Ross, President & CEO of Finnegan Health Services....
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...
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...
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...
Numotion re-ups on caths
September 6, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Numotion’s new website dedicated to urological supplies significantly expands the company’s presence in the intermittent catheter market, company officials say.
Numotion has provided caths since 2014 to leverage the synergies with its core business of providing complex power wheelchairs, but the products were “buried” in the company’s main website, says Bret Barczak, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of Numotion’s...
Surveys seek to fight ‘commoditization’ of industry
April 7, 2023Theresa Flaherty
WASHINGTON – So many payers don’t understand the day-to-day realities of providing medical supplies that it’s up to the HME industry to tell its story and ensure end users don’t lose access, say stakeholders.
AAHomecare in March launched two nationwide surveys – enteral (enteral nutrition, pumps, kits, and/or supplies) and supplies (wound care, ostomy, and/or urological supplies) – to gather information on the rising costs that providers face.
“If...
AAH prepares to counter OIG study
June 20, 2022HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has engaged Dobson | DaVanzo & Associates to conduct a study to assess the direct and indirect costs of providing intermittent catheters.
The goal of the study is to help the Office of Inspector General, CMS and other payers better understand the comprehensive costs of caring for individuals who receive these products (A4351, A4352, A4353).
“Suppliers who provide intermittent catheters to Medicare beneficiaries are encouraged to take the survey,”...