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New OIG Report: An Extremely Low Rate of Telehealth Service Providers Pose a High Risk to Medicare
Expanded access to telehealth services during the pandemic enabled safe delivery of home respiratory therapy supplies and services WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading home oxygen therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today underscored the findings of a new report from the Department of Health…
CQRC: Medicare’s CMN Announcement for DME Underscores Need for Standardized Oxygen Template
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…
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urge CMS to Protect Access to Home Oxygen
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…
Home Respiratory Community Urges Administration to Address Semiconductor Chip Shortage for Home Respiratory Devices
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…