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HOPP Act Would Repeal 36-Month Oxygen Cap | Tom Price Heath Shuler legislation - HomeCare magazine article
Yesterday, Reps. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Heath Shuler, D-N.C., introduced legislation to repeal the 36-month rental cap on home oxygen therapy. The Home Oxygen Patient Protection (HOPP) Act of 2009 (H.R. 2373) would restore payments for the period of medical need.
Price Named Top Republican on Health Subcommittee | HomeCare magazine article
Rep. Tom Price, MD, R-Ga., has been named the ranking Republican member on the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee. Price, an orthopedic surgeon, will be the senior Republican on the panel, one of the key committees tasked with overseeing the nations health care reform effort.
Schwarz, Price Ask Congress to Repeal DRA Oxygen Policy
Reps. Joe Schwarz, R-Mich., and Tom Price, R-Ga., have sent a
Price Reintroduces Bill to Repeal O2 Cap
Last Monday, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., reintroduced the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act. The bill would repeal the Deficit Reduction Act's rental cap on Medicare home oxygen and restore ownership of equipment to providers.
RRep. Price on HOPP Act: Patient Care + Bureaucrats Dont Mix - HomeCare Magazine article
Home oxygen providers got a boost last week when Reps. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Heath Shuler, D-N.C., introduced legislation to repeal the 36-month rental cap on home oxygen therapy -- and it couldn't come at a more critical time.
Republicans Create Health Reform Task Force - HomeCare Magazine article
As President Obama's advisers mull new choices to lead the nation's health care reform effort, Republicans in the House of Representatives have set up a task force to shape their version of health reform legislation.
RRep. Price on HOPP Act: Patient Care + Bureaucrats Dont Mix - HomeCare Magazine article
Home oxygen providers got a boost last week when Reps. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Heath Shuler, D-N.C., introduced legislation to repeal the 36-month rental cap on home oxygen therapy -- and it couldn't come at a more critical time.
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. The bill would repeal the Deficit Reduction Act's rental cap on Medicare home oxygen and restore ownership of equipment to providers. H.R. 621, its official designation this time around, is a carbon copy of legislation introduced in the last congressional
Ross Rallies Home Care Advocates at Fly-in - HomeCare Magazine article
Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a former home medical equipment provider himself, kicked off the American Association for Homecare's Washington fly-in this morning by giving attendees a blueprint for talking to his congressional peers.
Notable & Quotable
Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress merely considered the economic issues of home oxygen therapy, and not the clinical aspects. This legislation to repeal this provision of the DRA is in the best interest of patients, the medical community and Medicare. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., minority whip in the House (shown with a local constituent at a Medicare seminar). In January, Price reintroduced
Notable & Quotable
Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress merely considered the economic issues of home oxygen therapy, and not the clinical aspects. This legislation to repeal this provision of the DRA is in the best interest of patients, the medical community and Medicare. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., minority whip in the House (shown with a local constituent at a Medicare seminar). In January, Price reintroduced
Price Asks House Colleagues to Act on Oxygen Payments - HomeCare Magazine article
In a Feb. 9 letter addressed to House leaders and members of key committees, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., asked his colleagues for help in urging CMS to set adequate payments for oxygen after the 36-month cap period. He also asked them to consider further congressional action on the matter should it be necessary.
Letter to Delay Oxygen Cap Gains Scores of Signatures - HomeCare Magazine article
In an eerie echo of the summer's frantic bid to derail competitive bidding, HME providers implored federal lawmakers late last week to sign onto a letter to CMS calling for a delay of the 36-month oxygen rental cap. As of noon Friday, some 70 members of the House of Representatives had agreed to sign the letter, authored by Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C, and supported by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
Chasm on Oxygen Reform Taking a Toll - HomeCare Magazine article
The rift within the industry over how to reform the oxygen benefit is confusing congressional supporters, and stakeholders must somehow unite in their message before it is too late, HME leaders warned. At issue is the Medicare Home Oxygen Therapy Act of 2009 (H.R. 3220), introduced last month by Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., with cosponsor Kendrick Meek, D-Fla.
Chasm on Oxygen Reform Taking a Toll - HomeCare Magazine article
The rift within the industry over how to reform the oxygen benefit is confusing congressional supporters, and stakeholders must somehow unite in their message before it is too late, HME leaders warned. At issue is the Medicare Home Oxygen Therapy Act of 2009 (H.R. 3220), introduced last month by Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., with cosponsor Kendrick Meek, D-Fla.
New Study Documents Cost of Home Oxygen Services
More than 40 congressional staffers crowded Room S-120 in the U.S. Capitol June 27 for a briefing on home oxygen therapy--and its costs.
Chasm on Oxygen Reform Taking a Toll - HomeCare Magazine article
The rift within the industry over how to reform the oxygen benefit is confusing congressional supporters, and stakeholders must somehow unite in their message before it is too late, HME leaders warned. At issue is the Medicare Home Oxygen Therapy Act of 2009 (H.R. 3220), introduced last month by Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., with cosponsor Kendrick Meek, D-Fla.
HME's New Frontier
For years, the HME industry has dodged the bullet of competitive bidding. Some have ignored it, others have fought it. But now time's up, and it's high noon at the HME corral. Competitive bidding is a reality, and along with new oxygen provisions set out in the Deficit Reduction Act, the legislative and regulatory mandates currently in place will change the industry's landscape forever. HME's New
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Amendment Could Breathe Life into Oxygen Cap Repeal - HomeCare Magazine article
An amendment suggesting a pay-for for H.R. 2373, the bill that would repeal the 36-month oxygen cap, could be announced soon, a move that is expected to give the bill the gas to go forward, stakeholders said.
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