AAH comments on NIV NCA
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:16 AM CDT, Thu October 17, 2024
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has submitted comments in response to the opening of a national coverage analysis for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent to COPD. In its comments, the association strongly urged the agency to establish clear and subjective medical need criteria for coverage. “When medical professionals prescribe this therapy for their patients, it is important that the clinician community can provide objective medical record documentation that DME suppliers can rely upon to substantiate the individual’s medical need for the therapy,” AAHomecare stated in a bulletin. “Without coverage criteria clarity, prescribers will not be able to know whether Medicare will support coverage for the individual’s particular medical need, and DME suppliers will be financially liable in the event of later audits.”
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