CSI:HME Survey Seeks Input on HME Legislative Priorities
What are your legislative priorities? That’s what the Committee
to Save Independent HME Suppliers aims to find out. The newly
formed group sent a survey last week to all state, regional and
national industry associations and member organizations for input
in figuring out “the majority position of the industry” that it
will advance through lobbying and public relations efforts. “We
hope every HME organization supports this survey and helps us get
it out to their members,” said David Petsch, owner of Petsch
Respiratory in Martinez, Ga., and managing director of CSI:HME, in
a release. “We want to be as inclusive as possible in determining
the message.”
Among the survey’s questions: Do you support passage of H.R.
2373 to repeal the 36-month cap on home oxygen payments? Do you
support an oxygen reform plan that removes home oxygen from the
DMEPOS benefit into a separate provider status category? CSI:HME
said more specific surveys in the coming weeks will be used to
gather details on topics including the effects of the oxygen cap on
patients, DMEPOS reform, competitive bidding and fraud. The current
survey is available at FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=1ou56qsdhtk1sfd587984.
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