Tag: clinical data element

WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care recently joined five other respiratory care groups in sending a letter to CMS asking the agency to require Medicare contractors to use a standard clinical data element template for supplemental oxygen to ensure beneficiaries, prescribers and suppliers won’t be overburdened with audits.  While the groups say they appreciate that CMS has developed a pilot program for an e-clinical template for oxygen, the current focus on electronic...