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Competitive Bidding Relief Act
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for certain adjustments to Medicare payment for items of durable medical equipment that were formerly included in round 2021 of the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.
Summary
The Competitive Bidding Relief Act would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend a transition rule for Medicare payment rates for certain durable medical equipment. The bill would apply the transition rule through December 31, 2025, for non-rural and non-contiguous areas, with full implementation of new payment rules beginning January 1, 2026. The affected items are durable medical equipment that were included in the 2021 round of the Medicare competitive bidding program.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
3 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Sep 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 30, 2025
Mr. Lankford (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for certain adjustments to Medicare payment for items of durable medical equipment that were formerly included in round 2021 of the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Competitive Bidding Relief Act”.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT RATES FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN DMEPOS NON- COMPETITIVE BIDDING AREAS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Areas Other Than Rural and Noncontiguous Areas.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall implement section 414.210(g)(9)(v) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), to apply the transition rule described in the first sentence of such section to all applicable items and services furnished in areas other than rural or noncontiguous areas (as such terms are defined for purposes of such section) through December 31, 2025.
(b) All Areas.—The Secretary shall not implement section 414.210(g)(9)(vi) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) until January 1, 2026.
(c) Implementation.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may implement the provisions of this section by program instruction or otherwise. <all>
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