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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…
CQRC on CMN: ‘It Has Been An Anchor’
WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care in a statement today encouraged CMS to reconsider eliminating the CMN for home oxygen therapy. The CQRC, a coalition of the nation’s largest respiratory providers and manufacturers, says doing that would replace “objective testing ordered by a patient’s physician for the subjective decision-making of Medicare contractors.” “We…
CQRC To Subcommittee: Provide Relief To Preserve Access
WASHINGTON, DC – Home respiratory care providers have played a crucial role amid the ongoing public health emergency and lawmakers should support policies that ensure long-term reimbursement stability in the market, the Council for Quality Respiratory Care stated in testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. The CQRC submitted the testimony as part of a…
Home Respiratory Leaders Submit Testimony to E&C Health Subcommittee for Hearing on COVID-19 Long Haul Impacts
CQRC stresses need for long-term sector stability to ensure continued access to those requiring respiratory care for both acute and chronic needs WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – submitted testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on…