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eBay to Cease Oxygen Device Sales

In what stakeholders call a victory for the entire respiratory industry and the patients it serves, AirSep Corp. executives said that giant Internet marketer eBay will cease selling prescription oxygen devices...

Life After the O2 Cap

The sentiment expressed by Jimmy Buffett in Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On, a song done as a tribute to Katrina victims, seems appropriate as a way...

Breathing Room

Many successful HME providers have maintained a certain work plan when it comes to providing oxygen therapy: Take care of the patient first and figure...

Price Reintroduces Bill to Repeal O2 Cap

Washington Shortly after the 110th Congress began its new session last month, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., reintroduced the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act....

Oxygen Therapy

Responsive Respiratory/Oxygen System Cyl-Fil allows patient to fill cylinders at home utilizing their back-up H or T cylinder as the primary source designed...

Keeping Up with Oximetry Testing Rules

When you entered the home care field, you probably had images of providing care and comfort to those in need. Most of us never imagined that in order...

Studies Examine Home Oxygen Therapy

A new study indicates that home oxygen use could save thousands of lives among patients with COPD. According to the study, conducted by non-profit research organization Rand Corp., obstructive lung diseases, including ...

CMS Alters Oxygen Payments in Final Rule

Baltimore CMS will increase some monthly oxygen payments up from those released in its proposed rule under a final rule issued last month. The rule implements...

An Uncertain Air

The home oxygen therapy market has certainly seen its share of reimbursement cuts and regulatory changes over the years. But the newest policy change,...

OIG: Provider Can't Offer Free Oxygen, Oximetry Tests

A provider that offers free oxygen is at risk of violating the anti-kickback statute, the HHS Office of Inspector General warned in an advisory opinion last week...

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