Public meeting on Medicare payments for respiratory assist devices, June 25, 1999
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Baltimore, Maryland]
Language: eng
Subjects: Costs; Medicare; Finance; Classification; Respirators (Medical equipment); Congresses
Other titles: Medicare payments for respiratory assist devices.
Description: Meeting discusses whether the Medicare durable medical equipment payment category for respiratory assist devices with bi-level pressure capability and with a backup rate feature needs to be adjusted.
Notes: Meeting held at Health Care Financing Administration headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.
Table of contents: title: Welcome; title: Agenda; title: Background. 1999 Health Care Financing Administration common procedure coding system (HCPCS) codes ; Section 13543 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1993 ; Section 1834(a) of the Social Security Act ; Regional medical review policy, Region D.