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An Electronic Briefing Book


Tab 15
Hot Topics in Medicare Payment: DME, Oxygen, Wheelchairs, and Cancer Drugs

[Speakers]

    Laurence Wilson, Director, Chronic Care Policy Group, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and John Warren, Director, Division of Ambulatory Services, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    "Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment and Drugs"
    (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

[Session Chair]

    Melissa Bartlett, JD, Medicare Counsel (R), House Committee on Energy and Commerce

[Briefing Materials]

  • "Durable Medical Equipment Payment System"
    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), paymentbasics, revised September 2006; available at www.medpac.gov/publications/other_reports/
    Sept06_MedPAC_Payment_Basics_DME.pdf

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