119 S2951 IS: Competitive Bidding Relief Act U.S. Senate 2025-09-30 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 2951IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 30, 2025Mr. Lankford (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Competitive Bidding Relief Act.

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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.