Tag: Portable oxygen

LONDON AND PLANO, Texas – Belluscura has signed a distribution agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical to distribute its X-PLOR portable oxygen concentrator. “We continue to expand the distribution of the X-PLOR throughout the U.S. and this exciting agreement will extend our reach to patients seeking access to best-in-class devices," said Robert Fary, senior vice president of global sales, Belluscura. In April, Belluscura secured a marketing agreement with the popular website GoodRx...

YARMOUTH, Maine - Did anyone else raise an eyebrow when the Government Accountability Office stated in a recent report that use of portable oxygen concentrators has gone down while use of stationary concentrators has gone up from 2001 to 2008? Shouldn't it be the other way around? The GAO theorizes that the way Medicare pays for oxygen therapy--its rental payment for stationary concentrators includes payment for portable oxygen refills even though, one-third of the time, they're not provided--discourages...