Recent News
CQRC is a leader in the home respiratory community, helping to protect and define the future of cost-effective, high quality home respiratory therapy care for all Americans. It is important to keep our members, the press, and the public informed on important issues that impact home respiratory therapy.
New PRI Issue Brief Supports Reforms to Medicare’s DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Process for Improved Quality and Sustainability
The Pacific Research Institute’s recent report on CMS’s reimbursement system details flaws in Medicare’s competitive bidding methodology, including supply shortages, and outlines needed reforms to ensure Americans’ access to care. WASHINGTON, DC –– A issue brief published by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) this week highlights flaws in the Centers…
SOAR Act: Help Those Who Struggle to Breathe
Living on the Space Coast, where sending rockets into orbit is a regular occurrence, you’d think innovation knows no bounds. If we can send people into space, surely, we can make the latest healthcare technologies available to patients struggling to breathe! Sadly, that is not the case for many patients in need of medical oxygen.…
World Oxygen Day: National Health Groups Amplify Patient Voices to Stress Importance of Oxygen Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – (October 2, 2025) – Today, in honor of World Oxygen Day (October 2), leading patient, provider, and professional organizations are amplifying the voices of people on supplemental oxygen to stress the critical importance of oxygen reform and the urgent need for legislative action. These advocates, representing the 1.5 million people in the U.S. who rely…
Grassroots Advocacy
The CQRC supports grassroots initiatives to advance supplemental oxygen reform and policies that promote patient access.
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