Rural Relief from unsustainable Home Oxygen Therapy Rates Join home oxygen therapy rural relief efforts by visiting the Action Center to send a message to elected officials requesting co-sponsorship of HR 4229, Protecting HOME Access Act.  Issue Brief: Rural O2 Access Congressional Directory Background In addition to the drastic rate reductions for home oxygen therapy under the Competitive Bidding program, suppliers of this life sustaining, legend drug in rural and non-bid...

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Rural and non-bid area oxygen suppliers need relief from “double dip” cuts in the 2017 Medicare fee schedule for stationary oxygen, which result in rates for rural and other non-bid area suppliers that are lower than the competitive bidding rates for this product category in many CBAs.  These new rates stem from the application of a 2006 budget neutrality offset balancing increased utilization for oxygen generating portable equipment with lower reimbursement for stationary equipment. AAHomecare...

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“Today rural America oxygen payments are lower than urban competitive bid payments - that’s egregious,” president and CEO of AAHomecare, Tom Ryan, said during his interview with DC’s News Channel8. “CMS has used an old payment methodology and applied it to the new payment methodology, and essentially double dipped.” Ryan stressed the need to fix CMS’ misguided new cuts for oxygen concentrators in rural areas and HME’s important role in protecting...

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