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Statement from the CQRC on the CMS Prior Authorization Final Rule
January 18, 2024 CQRC calls the final rule an important step, but says more should be done to protect patients WASHINGTON, DC – “The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for publishing the final rule advancing interoperability and improving prior authorization processes. The provisions in this…
CQRC Urges Adoption of Standard Clinical Data Element Template
October 25, 2023 Supplemental oxygen community urges Medicare documentation reforms to protect patient access to home respiratory care Washington, D.C. – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – is recognizing Respiratory Care Week by urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
GROUPS PUSH FOR STANDARDIZED CLINICAL DATA ELEMENTS
HME News Staff Updated 10:18 AM CDT, Mon October 16, 2023 WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care recently joined five other respiratory care groups in sending a letter to CMS asking the agency to require Medicare contractors to use a standard clinical data element template for supplemental oxygen to ensure beneficiaries, prescribers and suppliers won’t…
Respiratory Care Providers Unite to Urge CMS to Use Existing Template for Supplemental Oxygen
October 12, 2023 Leading Respiratory Care Groups Champion Medicare Documentation Reforms to Standardize a Template, but Caution CMS that Focusing on the Electronic Interface Instead of the Clinical Data Elements Risk Complicating What Should Be a Straightforward Process Washington, D.C. – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading…