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Respiratory care providers stress importance of adopting standardized template to eliminate unfair denials due to use of ambiguous patient medical records WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to discontinue the use of Certificates of Medical Necessity (CMN) for Durable Medical Equipment (DME), the Council for Quality Respiratory…

In a recent sign-on letter sent to Secretary Xavier Becerra and Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, 22 Members of Congress wrote in support of reforms to the Medicare home oxygen therapy benefit WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today commended…

WASHINGTON – On March 15, the Council for Quality Respiratory Care – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – and nine other stakeholders in the respiratory care community sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina…

WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care has made it a priority to find out what happens when the waivers expire that have simplified the process for qualifying a patient for home oxygen therapy during the public health emergency. “We’ve had several conversations internally and with CMS, but there is a big issue looming if…

IT ALSO ADDRESSES CGMS, INFUSION DRUGS, THERAPEUTIC SHOES WASHINGTON – CMS has published the DMEPOS Final Rule, making permanent the 50/50 blended reimbursement rates in rural areas but failing to provide relief in other areas. For contiguous, non-rural areas, CMS says it will be paying suppliers 100% of the adjusted fee schedule rates using information from…

Facing the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the US medical community has been forced to rapidly change and modernize the manner in which it delivers health care over the last year-and-a-half. Facing the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the US medical community has been forced to rapidly change and modernize the manner in…

CQRC Supports Bipartisan Bill to Permanently Extend Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities and Increase Access to Telehealth Services WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today commended House lawmakers for including an important provision to permanently extend the home as…

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…