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Industry Reels from Another Shot at HME

Published Monday, December 03, 2007

WASHINGTON--After a scathing article in the New York Times blasting what reporter Charles Duhigg described as Medicare overpayments for home oxygen, the American Association for Homecare issued a statement late Friday explaining HME companies' services in providing the therapy and asking for "a genuine debate" about appropriate payment for oxygen. In the Friday newspaper article, titled "Oxygen Suppliers Fight to Keep a Medicare Boon," Duhigg said the government program spends "more than double what somebody might spend at a drugstore" for home oxygen equipment. In addition, the article said, "Medicare spends billions of dollars each year on products ...

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