CMS on Thursday said it will postpone the implementation of a competitive bidding rule for durable medical equipment providers until April, CongressDaily reports. Legislation approved in the summer of 2008 delayed the program and required that CMS redo the first round of bidding and provide feedback to suppliers about missing bid information rather than automatically disqualifying them. The interim final rule, issued in January, was set to take effect Tuesday, but CMS moved that date to April 19. The agency wrote in the Federal Register that they need more time to review the rule. The delay was first suggested Feb. 10, and about 550 comments in favor of the delay have been received since that date. The comment period ends March 17 (CongressDaily, 2/19).