FAQs

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04/02/2026 CMS states it will be phasing in remote item delivery (RID) competitive bidding programs (CBPs). How will RID CBPs be phased in?
04/02/2026 Do bidders need to obtain one bid surety bond for a nationwide remote item delivery (RID) competitive bidding area (CBA), regardless of how many product categories they submit a bid for?
04/02/2026 Do bidding suppliers need to be licensed in all 50 states before submitting bids for the furnishing of items under a Nationwide remote item delivery (RID) CBP?
04/02/2026 Do the exceptions to the DMEPOS CBP apply to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), CGM supplies, ostomy, tracheostomy, or urological supplies?
04/02/2026 Does the DMEPOS CBP include items covered under Medicare Part D?
04/02/2026 For those Medicare beneficiaries who choose to keep their owned receiver and/or insulin pump, will suppliers use the HCPCS Level II code for supplies that existed prior to the new bundled HCPCS codes?
04/02/2026 How is CMS going to verify the bids for non-lead items are bona fide? It is important for CMS to determine that the bids for all lead and non-lead items are bona fide.
04/02/2026 How will CMS calculate the ratios to determine the single payment amounts for the non-lead items in the Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), CGM supplies, insulin pump, and insulin pump supplies product category since it appears that suppliers will be bidding on a bundled basis for the CGM and supplies?
04/02/2026 How will CMS ensure contract suppliers can meet demand for items and services?
04/02/2026 I’m a physician and own a DME company. Am I exempt from the CBP?
04/02/2026 If CMS determines there will be 8 contracts and the bid price of the 8th supplier is the same for 9th and 10th, which of the three suppliers with the same bid price would be offered a contract? Since CMS only wants 8, how would the 8th be chosen?
04/02/2026 If individual small suppliers cannot independently meet all of the state licensure requirements for the remote item delivery nationwide (RID) competitive bidding area (CBA), such as the requirement for a physical location in a specific state or area, can a group of individual small suppliers (suppliers with annual gross revenues of $3.5 million or less, including both Medicare and non-Medicare revenue) form a network that meets the requirements under 42 CFR § 414.418, and be awarded a contract under the nationwide RID CBA as long as the network of small suppliers can collectively meet all requirements for the nationwide RID CBA?
04/02/2026 Since hydrophilic urinary catheter codes A4295, A4296, and A4297 are new codes effective January 1, 2026, how will CMS determine the ratios used to calculate the single payment amounts for these items?
04/02/2026 The revised Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Urological Supplies went into effect January 1, 2026. This will affect utilization for certain urological supplies: HCPCS codes A4353 and A4297. How will CMS account for this unknown change in utilization when it publicizes HCPCS Level II code utilization information for bidders? How would the lead item be determined?
04/02/2026 Three new HCPCS Level II codes for hydrophilic intermittent catheters went into effect on January 1, 2026. Given that the codes are new and there is no 2025 utilization data associated with them, how will CMS provide bidders the utilization information for their bids for both the Hydrophilic Urinary Catheters and Urological Supplies product categories? Also, how will CMS determine which of the three new HCPCS codes should be the lead item for each product category?
04/02/2026 What are the licensing requirements for bidding suppliers that have multiple locations?
04/02/2026 What will the Round 2028 RID CBP product categories be?
04/02/2026 When will the list of the HCPCS codes included under each product category be available?
04/02/2026 Will CMS be creating a new bundled HCPCS Level II code for Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) plus supplies and insulin pumps plus supplies? If not, will suppliers use the existing HCPCS Level II codes for the device as the monthly bundle?
04/02/2026 Will each location included in a bid be required to meet all applicable licensure requirements for every geographic area included in the nationwide remote item delivery (RID) competitive bidding area (CBA)? For example, many large suppliers service beneficiaries in different regions from different locations. Please confirm each location should only be required to meet all applicable state licensing requirements for the states the particular location services, as long as the bidding entity includes a sufficient number of locations on its bid that will cumulatively service all geographic areas in the RID CBA.
04/02/2026 Will hydrophilic urinary catheters be classified as a distinct product category, separate from other urological supplies?
04/02/2026 Will noncontract suppliers furnishing rented class II CGMs and insulin pumps at the time the contract performance period starts be allowed to continue furnishing the class II CGMs and insulin pumps as grandfathered suppliers?
04/02/2026 Will suppliers furnishing Class II CGM supplies, ostomy supplies, urological supplies, and hydrophilic catheters that are not awarded contracts under the DMEPOS CBP be able to continue furnishing these items to Medicare beneficiaries that they had a supply arrangement with prior to the start of the contract performance period?
04/02/2026 Will tracheostomy supplies be included in Round 2028 either as a separate product category or under the product category for ostomy supplies?
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