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CAIRE opens facility in China to serve APAC customers 

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CAIRE opens facility in China to serve APAC customers 

March 25, 2024HME News Staff

BALL GROUND, Ga. – CAIRE held a special ribbon cutting ceremony and opening celebration in March at the new state-of-the-art CAIRE Medical Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. facility in the Sichuan Province of China. The newly constructed space offers 49,013 square feet of production, warehouse and office space for the 86 employees serving in a variety of roles, including human resources, finance, engineering, quality, supply chain, production, equipment, customer service, marketing and sales....

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Oxygen reform bill introduced in Senate 

March 1, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, MD., R-La., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have introduced legislation to ease access to supplemental oxygen for Medicare beneficiaries by, among other things, permanently extending blended payment rates.  The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act of 2024 would establish a new payment methodology for non-liquid oxygen, allowing for most Medicare beneficiaries to be covered under the base payment levels.  “Patients...

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Iowa Medicaid starts paying for Firesafe Cannula Valve 

December 11, 2023HME News Staff

CHICAGO – Iowa Medicaid began covering the Firesafe Cannula Valve under HCPCS code E0700 on Nov. 1, making it eligible for reimbursement, Sunset Healthcare Solutions has announced. The Firesafe Cannula Valve is a thermal fuse that cuts the flow of oxygen in the event that a patient’s downstream oxygen tubing is ignited. “Prevention of home oxygen therapy related fires, and education around how they can be significantly reduced, has been an initiative of Sunset’s for years,”...

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Home oxygen therapy: Stakeholders welcome ‘much-needed’ guidance

March 3, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

WASHINGTON – An updated FAQ published by the DME MACs in February, by and large, addresses concerns around the new local coverage determination for home oxygen therapy and serves as a good reference point as HME providers navigate a new era for the benefit, stakeholders say.  The FAQ, published Feb. 21 and updated Feb. 23, addresses 25 questions related to continued need, the new N modifiers and more.  “Full stop, it was a much-needed thing,” said Andrea Stark, a...

Andrea Stark, Home Oxygen Therapy, Kim Brummett, Local Coverage Determination (LCD), Oxygen, Ronda Buhrmester


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DME MACs provide additional guidance 

February 21, 2023HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – The DME MACs have published an updated FAQ to provide additional guidance related to the new local coverage determination for home oxygen therapy.  The FAQ comprises 25 questions related to continued need, the new N modifiers and more.  AAHomecare highlighted the following questions in a bulletin:  1. Is an initial F2F evaluation required?  Answer: While there’s no formal requirement in the NCD or LCD, good medical practice would dictate...

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Inogen meets expectations in Q4 

January 10, 2023HME News Staff

GOLETA, Calif. – Inogen estimates preliminary, unaudited total revenue of $87.5 million to $88.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing year-over-year growth of 14.5% to 15.8%.  It estimates total revenue of $376.7 million to $377.7 million for the full year, representing year-over-year growth of 5.2% to 5.5%.  “Despite the prevailing macroeconomic pressures and headwinds resulting from our efforts to continue upgrading the operating disciplines in our DTC...

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CMS publishes LCD for oxygen 

November 18, 2022HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – CMS has published a new local coverage and policy article for oxygen and oxygen equipment, AAHomecare reports.  Here is a link to the LCD: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/lcd.aspx?lcdid=33797  Here is a link to the policy article: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/article.aspx?articleId=52514  The new LCD goes into effect Jan. 1.  CMS is not required to provide a comment period, because the LCD contains what...

AAHomecare, Home Oxygen Therapy, Local Coverage Determination (LCD)


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Oxygen sign-on letter heads to CMS 

August 11, 2022HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – Twenty two members of the House of Representatives have asked CMS to streamline documentation for home oxygen therapy, AAHomecare reports. A sign-on letter spearheaded by Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., requests that CMS: “Use the opportunity of expanding the current National Coverage Determination for oxygen to establish a clear set of criteria to support medical necessity and instruct the contractors to rely solely on the Standard Written Order...

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CMS proposes amendment to initial coverage for oxygen

May 16, 2022HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – CMS is accepting comments on a proposal to amend the period of initial coverage for certain home oxygen patients from 120 days to 90 days to align with the 90-day statutory time period set out in the national coverage determination issued Sept. 27, 2021.  In a decision memo, CMS stated: “We are proposing that the first paragraph of section D will state: Effective [XX, XXXX], the MAC may determine reasonable and necessary coverage of oxygen therapy and oxygen equipment...

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‘There needs to be a way to recognize a patient as being part of PHE’

May 13, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor

WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are trying to guide what a post-PHE world for home oxygen therapy and other product categories might look like.  AAHomecare recently discussed with CMS a one-page recommended reference document for Medicare audit contractors reviewing claims for dates of service during and after the PHE. The document is a cheat sheet of sorts for the waivers that have been in place during the PHE that don’t require, for example, medical documentation or a signature.  “It...

Andrea Stark, Home Oxygen Therapy, Kim Brummett, PHE


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