CMS Asked To Offer Distinct Home Oxygen Coverage For Cluster Headache
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Neurologists and patient advocates want CMS to update its durable medical equipment policy to cover home oxygen to treat cluster headaches
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CMS Proposes Covering Oxygen For Cluster Headaches In Study Subjects Only
Oxygen used at home to treat recurrent cluster headaches could gain limited Medicare coverage under a CMS proposal, but only for patients who agree to participate in formal clinical studies.
CMS opens coverage analysis on oxygen for cluster headaches
At the request of the American Headache Society and the American Academy of Neurology, CMS opened a national coverage analysis April 9 on home use of oxygen to treat cluster headaches. Current durable medical equipment policy on home oxygen does not address its use to treat cluster headaches, which CMS says may impact as many as 36,000 Medicare beneficiaries. According to the agency, cluster headaches may occur over many weeks, and are characterized by severe stabbing pain behind the eye, often accompanied by redness and tearing of the eye, as well as nasal congestion. Comments are due May 9