ITEM Coalition supports H.R. 2005
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:10 AM CDT, Thu April 3, 2025
WASHINGTON – The ITEM Coalition has lent its support to H.R. 2005, a bill to reestablish 75/25 blended Medicare DME reimbursement rates in non-rural/non-competitive bidding areas. In a letter to the bill’s lead sponsors, the coalition states: “H.R. 2005 is squarely in line with the goals of the ITEM Coalition to ensure that all people can access the specialized devices and services they need to ensure their health and independent function. For these reasons, we are proud to support this critically important legislation and look forward to working with your office to ensure its enactment into law in order to preserve and protect access to affordable, timely, and quality home medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries. The group of ITEM Coalition members highlights the importance of the bill by emphasizing the coalition does not usually address reimbursement issues as they make their case: The ITEM Coalition typically does not address reimbursement issues and tends to focus on coverage and coding of assistive devices and technologies. However, when reimbursement policies materially impact patient access to care, we feel it is important to weigh-in with our members’ concerns.”
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