ITEM Coalition Members:
Great news to share – Attached for your timely review is a House Congressional Sign-On Letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) being led by urologists Reps. Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Greg Murphy (R-NC) urging the agency not to move forward with the proposed expansion of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program to include ostomy and urological supplies, which went live today. The letter expresses concern that the proposal conflicts with the goal of strengthening American manufacturing, securing our medical supply chains from foreign adversaries, and protecting the health and well-being of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Please note that this is ONLY for House Representatives to sign, and that the Quill link provided at the end of the attached letter will only work for House member offices.
We have begun distribution on our end to all House offices and strongly encourage all ITEM Coalition members to utilize your networks and grassroots advocacy tools to get the word out as far and wide as possible to urge House members to sign-on to this important letter.
There is an extremely short turnaround time on this effort, as the Dunn/Murphy offices have given us a deadline of COB this Friday, October 3rd, to collect sign-ons.
Requested action:
• Contact your U.S. House Representative and ask them to sign on and forward the PDF of the drafted letter.
• Note: Only House members may sign; the Quill link provided in the letter is for congressional offices only.
Deadline to sign: Friday, October 3rd