CQRC Urges Adoption of Standard Clinical Data Element Template  

October 25, 2023 Supplemental oxygen community urges Medicare documentation reforms to protect patient access to home respiratory care  Washington, D.C. – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – is recognizing Respiratory Care Week by urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

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Respiratory Care Providers Unite to Urge CMS to Use Existing Template for Supplemental Oxygen 

October 12, 2023  Leading Respiratory Care Groups Champion Medicare Documentation Reforms to Standardize a Template, but Caution CMS that Focusing on the Electronic Interface Instead of the Clinical Data Elements Risk Complicating What Should Be a Straightforward Process  Washington, D.C. – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading…

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Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge CMS to Protect Patient Access to Supplemental Oxygen and Home Respiratory Care

House lawmakers ask CMS to clarify Medicare documentation requirements and adopt a standardized template for documenting patient need Washington, D.C. — The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today commended 14 House lawmakers for sending a letter to the Centers…

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