HOME OXYGEN EQUIPMENT PAYMENT CUT WOULD HIT 30% BY YEAR 2002 UNDER BUDGET CONFERENCE REPORT; EXPORT REFORM, INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE COVERAGE DROPPED
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Monthly Medicare payments for home oxygen equipment would be cut 20% in 1996 with additional cuts bringing the total to 30% by 2002, according to the House/Senate budget conference report adopted by conferees Nov. 15.