DMEPOS Relief Act of 2025

DMEPOS Relief Act of 2025

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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2005 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2005

  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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2025

   Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Feenstra, and Mr. 
   Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 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 ``DMEPOS Relief Act of 2025''.

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.
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