Competitive Bidding Relief Act
Official title: 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 … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: 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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Competitive Bidding Relief Act
This bill extends until December 31, 2025, a higher payment rate (known as the 75/25 blended rate) for durable medical equipment in nonrural or noncontiguous areas under Medicare.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
- BROWN & FORTUNATO, P.C.
- KELLEN COMPANY
- THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE
- ACCENDRA HEALTH INC.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2951: Competitive Bidding Relief Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2951/
"S. 2951: Competitive Bidding Relief Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2951/.
S. 2951, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2951/.
[S. 2951: Competitive Bidding Relief Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2951/)