Tag: Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care (BREATH) Act of 2016
Vents: More legislative activity to come
November 29, 2016Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - If two major manufacturers have their way, there will be other ventilator-related bills introduced in Congress.
Bills known as The BREATH Act have already been introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate—they would establish policies and standards for determining appropriate use for vents, and would increase Medicare reimbursement for the product category by 20% on Jan. 1, 2017. The bills have zero co-sponsors in the House (H.R. 6012) and three co-sponsors...
Vent bill drops in Senate
July 14, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - A bill that seeks to preserve access to ventilators for Medicare beneficiaries was introduced in the Senate today.The “Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care (BREATH) Act of 2016,” introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy, D-La., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, seeks to establish policies and standards for appropriate use of ventilators in consultation with medical experts; and to increase reimbursement rates for home ventilation by 20%.In response...