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CQRC: Medicare’s Oxygen E-Template Offers Available Solutions to Combat Fraud & Abuse
As E&C lawmakers examine policies to detect, prevent, and fight fraud impacting Medicare beneficiaries, CQRC calls for immediate adoption of the oxygen template for e-prescribing. WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) commends the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, including E&C Chair Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Subcommittee Chair John Joyce,…
Supplemental oxygen patients need SOAR Act protections
You never think much about your ability to breathe until you can’t. For those of us needing medical assistance from supplemental oxygen, it’s always top of mind. And despite the urgency of need for oxygen users across the country, access to care is not always easy. Living with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) – a disorder…
Commentary: Individuals struggling for oxygen need Congress to step up
I have hiked dozens of 14,000-foot peaks and completed nearly 800 deep-sea dives, so I am not averse to a challenge. Now living with a chronic lung disease, I face my biggest challenge yet: accessing the most basic human necessity, oxygen. Shortly after moving to Newport in 2015, I noticed that hikes became more physically…
Congress Must Work to Strengthen Medicare Access to Lifesaving Oxygen
When our son came home from the NICU, he used supplemental medical oxygen at home. My wife and I saw up close that the right oxygen, delivered the right way, doesn’t just help a child breathe—it lets a family breathe easier, too. That experience turned a policy debate into something personal. Nationwide, more than 1.5…