CMS Removes Most Product Categories from CB Round 2021 and Publishes DMEPOS Proposed Rule Tuesday evening, CMS announced that there will be no Round 2021 competitive bidding contracts awarded for product categories bid in this round, with the exception of Off-The-Shelf (OTS) Back Braces and OTS Knee Braces. Winning bidders for OTS back and knee braces will have until Nov. 10 to respond to the contract offer(s). See CMS' announcement on this significant Round 2021 change for...

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41 House Members Ask CMS to Exclude CRT Accessories from Bidding-Derived Pricing Strong advocacy efforts by mobility providers helped convince 41 members of the House of Representatives to join a Congressional sign-on letter asking CMS to permanently exclude manual CRT accessories from bidding-derived pricing. The letter, spearheaded by long-time CRT champions John Larson (D-Conn.) and Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y) states that Congress has previously passed language with clear intent that power and manual...

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