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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…
‘Big Issue’ Looms in Respiratory Care
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…
CMS Finalizes Reimbursement Relief in Rural Areas
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…