Tag: Oxygen double dip
Budget neutrality wreaks more havoc in proposed rule
July 20, 2018Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON - CMS's proposed changes to the home oxygen benefit would ding reimbursement for portable equipment and portable gas contents, as well as oxygen generating portable equipment (OPGE).Per a recently released proposed rule, the agency seeks to create two separate payment classes for liquid equipment and liquid contents, and to apply a “budget neutrality offset” to all classes, not just stationary equipment and oxygen contents.The end result, per an example provided by CMS: Reimbursement...
