Crunch time for non-invasive vents
By HME News Staff
Updated Fri May 31, 2019
WASHINGTON - The deadline for a sign-on letter in the House of Represenatives that asks CMS to drop non-invasive vents from Round 2021 of competitive bidding could be as early as June 5, AAHomecare reports.
“It's critical that we make a concerted effort over the next few days to ask House members to joine the letter,” the association stated in a bulletin.
AAHomecare asks that stakehoders contant their representatives by phone or email to ask them to sign on to the letter, spearheaded by Reps. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., and Peter Welch, D-Vt.
There is a similar letter circulating in the Senate, spearheaded by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
A coalition of patient organizations has already sent a letter to CMS imploring the agency to permanently exclude non-invasive vents from the bid program.
CMS announced in March that non-invasive vents were one of the 16 product categories to be included in Round 2021. The bid window for the program opens July 16.
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