Medicare and Medicaid
Bi-Partisan Members of U.S. House of Representatives Formally Oppose Funding Reductions to Medicare's Home Oxygen Benefit
Published in Health Business Week, March 28th, 2008
The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) -- a coalition of the 12 leading home oxygen therapy providers and manufacturers who provide care and services to approximately 650,000 chronically ill home oxygen patients -- today praised Congressman John Tanner (D-8th TN) and Congressman Philip English (R-3rd PA) for leading efforts in the House of Representatives to protect Medicare's home oxygen benefit. Additional changes to the Medicare benefit, proposed in the Administration's FY 2009 Budget, would put even greater strain on the home oxygen community, currently bracing for scheduled cuts totaling nearly 18.8 percent, or approximately $710 million in 2009 and $855 million in...
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Source: Health Business Week (2008-03-28)
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