08/21/2025
Protect Access to
Home Medical Equipment & Supplies
Medicare wants to restart a flawed program called “Competitive Bidding” that sets rates for home
medical equipment (HME) & supplies by awarding a few contracts to the HME suppliers who bid
the lowest – regardless of the true costs of providing quality care. In the past, this excluded 75% of
suppliers from being able to provide care for end users & resulted in 37% HME locations closing
across the country, leaving end users with fewer choices, longer wait times, or no access at all
Medicare officials won’t understand the real life
impact unless they hear from people
who live it. They are accepting public
comments through 8/29/25. Share your
story & perspective, such as:
What home medical equipment (HME)
& supplies do you or a loved one use?
How important is the relationship you
have with your trusted HME supplier to
receive quality products, support, &
expertise? What makes their services
important to you?
If you’ve had trouble getting equipment
in past rounds of the bid program, what
happened?
How would it affect you if you couldn’t
use your supplier or had fewer options?
What worries you most about the bid
program Medicare proposes?
This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule proposes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights...
