Archive for October 2021

WASHINGTON – A coalition of respiratory stakeholders, including the Council for Quality Respiratory Care, are again asking CMS to ensure that objective standards for prescribing home oxygen therapy are put in place to prevent payment issues for HME providers and access issues for patients. In an Oct. 4 letter, the CQRC and 11 other organizations, including AAHomecare…

Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: As leaders in the home respiratory community, we thank you for the support that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided to providers and suppliers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we have shared in other comments, expanding access to home oxygen therapy to certain acute beneficiaries, as well as…

CQRC joins 13 other respiratory care stakeholders in urging CMS to require objective documentation to establish medical necessity WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today united with 13 other home respiratory care leaders in sending a letter to…

Home respiratory care leaders remain concerned that subjective medical record review will create unnecessary access barriers for patients WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today commended the expansion of home respiratory care services for acute patients in the…