New Oxygen Technologies Help Providers Reduce Deliveries and Still Service Patients
- By Deborah Cooper
- Nov 01, 2006
Responses to Respiratory Management’s Survey
Trends Point to Less Pain, Faster Testing, Bigger Wallets
- By Ellen Z. Harrison, Bob McCoy
- Nov 01, 2006
- By Deborah Cooper
- Nov 01, 2006
Legal Speak
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) revised the Medicare payment methodologies for oxygen and certain DME. Effective January 1, 2006, Medicare no longer pays for oxygen as a continuous rental. Under the new reimbursement methodology, Medicare will pay for oxygen equipment for only 36 continuous months.
- By Asela Cuervo
- Nov 01, 2006
Advocacy
By the time you read this, the mid-term elections will have just ended. But does the result matter for the respiratory home medical industry?
- By Deborah Cooper
- Nov 01, 2006
While no one claims that technology is the panacea for all that ails the respiratory industry several providers are already using new technology to their benefit and manufacturers are bringing new software to market on a regular basis.
- By Deborah Cooper
- Nov 01, 2006