tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 31

DME: Suppliers Now Allowed To Deliver Home Oximetry Tests

CMS reins in self-testing limits. Durable medical equipment suppliers will soon be able to deliver home oximetry tests to Medicare beneficiaries - a regulatory change that will make it easier for patients to qualify for home oxygen therapy.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 22 issued a program transmittal allowing DME suppliers to deliver overnight pulse oximetry testing units to patients' homes under certain conditions. The new policy takes effect Aug. 22."It's a tremendously good thing for the industry," Wayne Stanfield of the Halifax, VA-based Home Care Alliance of Virginia tells MLR. "It represents...

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