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Provider Giants Feel the Pain of Respiratory Cuts
ATLANTA--American HomePatient, Apria Healthcare, Lincare Holdings and Rotech Healthcare continue to feel the impact of CMS' reimbursement cuts. All four providers said Medicare reimbursement reductions negatively affected their revenues for the first quarter of the year ended March 31....
SeQual Prepares to Launch Portable Oxygen Concentrator
Las Vegas After spending five years and $12 million in development, SeQual is nearly ready to launch its new Eclipse Oxygen System. The concentrator offers...
Sunrise Debuts Home Filling System
Las Vegas Sunrise Medical unveiled its new oxygen home filling system at Medtrade Spring. The DeVilbiss iFill Personal Oxygen Station extracts purified...
AAHomecare Asks for Clarification on O2 Cap in DRA
Alexandria, Va. The American Association for Homecare is asking CMS for more details on the oxygen and DME rental cap provisions in the Deficit Reduction...
AHRQ: Too Many Patients with Chronic Illness Enter ER
ROCKVILLE, Md.--A large portion of emergency room admissions include patients with chronic conditions that should have been managed outside of the hospital, according to a new statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality....
Braff Group: DRA Could Spike M&A Activity
PITTSBURGH--The Deficit Reduction Act's 36-month cap on Medicare home oxygen equipment could drastically alter the HME merger and acquisition climate, according to a report released last week by The Braff Group....
CMS Expands Home Oxygen Coverage Criteria
Baltimore CMS will expand Medicare home oxygen coverage criteria for beneficiaries enrolled in a CMS-approved clinical trial. Under a final national coverage...
Consumer Group Challenges DRA
Washington A consumer-rights organization has filed a lawsuit that claims the Deficit Reduction Act is unconstitutional because the House of Representatives...
Bush Budget Proposes 13-Month O2 Cap
Washington HME providers were disheartened after President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act into law last month. And home care was dealt another...
Confusion Over Oxygen Cap Involves More than Just Typo
Atlanta Ivan Rodriguez, owner of IR Medical Equipment in Miami, is astounded at the hit he thinks the Deficit Reduction Act will have on his oxygen business....
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