Tag: Overnight oximetry
Breathe expands platform
December 14, 2021HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Breathe, LLC, an independent diagnostic testing facility that specializes in overnight oximetry and capnography testing, has expanded its software platform to support a Ring Oximeter. “Creating new software enhancements is a key focus here at Breathe,” said Amber Yeager, owner. “We had several DME clients express interest in being able to download a reusable ring type oximeter to an IDTF software platform. It just makes sense for us to add this type of...
Think a 32% cut is bad? Try 50%
February 20, 2012Liz Beaulieu, Editor
A series of steep cuts to Medicare reimbursement for overnight oximetry threaten to consolidate the number of vendors that provide that service and, as a result, limit the options of HME providers.
Since 2008, the relative value unit (RVU), which helps determine reimbursement, for CPT code 94762 has dropped from 0.84 to 0.44, about 50%. That means, for example, reimbursement in Alabama has decreased from $23.72 in 2008 to $13.29 in 2012.
“It's not always unhealthy to have cuts force...