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Price Asks House Colleagues to Act on Oxygen Payments

Published Tuesday, February 10, 2009

WASHINGTON — In a Feb. 9 letter addressed to House leaders and members of key committees, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., asked his colleagues for help in urging CMS to set adequate payments for oxygen after the 36-month cap period. He also asked them to consider further congressional action on the matter should it be necessary. "Without immediate changes to the Medicare oxygen policies, patient care will be compromised and Medicare costs will increase," the letter read. Price, a physician, has twice introduced legislation to repeal the oxygen cap (see Price Reintroduces Bill to Repeal O2 Cap, HomeCare ...

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