tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 26

Oxygen: New Report May Be The Ticket To Staving Off Medicare Cuts For Home O2 Therapy

Cost data could drive change A new report on home oxygen therapy costs could help oxygen suppliers breathe easier. "There is more to providing oxygen therapy than delivering a piece of equipment, and this report provides hard evidence of that," says Joseph Lewarski, vice president with Goleta, CA-based Inogen and vice chair of the American Association for Homecare's HME/Respiratory Therapy Advisory Council. To conduct the study, consulting firm Morrison Informatics Inc. of Mechanicsburg, PA gathered data from 74 oxygen providers that deliver service and equipment to more than 600,000 beneficiaries. Key findings: Nearly three-quarters...

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