Home Oxygen Equipment Payment Reduction, Capped Rentals Needed – OIG
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Home oxygen equipment should be subject to competitive bidding and capped rental arrangements in order to lower prices to Federal Employees Health Benefits or Medicare+Choice levels, according to a 1report from the HHS Office of Inspector General
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