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Home Respiratory Community Unites to Remove Medicare Barriers to Accessing Home Oxygen Therapies
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…
Home Respiratory Community Unites to Urge Removal of Medicare Barriers to Accessing Home Oxygen Therapies
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…
CQRC Applauds Expansion of Home Oxygen Therapy Coverage
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…
Home Respiratory Leaders Support Maintaining Certificate of Medical Need Requirement to Protect Providers & Patient Access
Objective documentation is critical to demonstrating patient eligibility for Medicare home respiratory care services WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today expressed concern in response to the Proposed Decision Memo for Home Use of Oxygen and Home Oxygen Use…