| Subject: | CMS Announces Changes in Medicare Payment for Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 7 Nov 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have announced changes in Medicare payment for oxygen and oxygen equipment due to provisions within the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA), which became law on July 15, 2008. According to CMS, as of January 1, 2009, Section 144(b) of the MIPPA repeals a provision mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) which required a supplier of oxygen equipment to transfer title of the equipment to the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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