The US COPD Coalition’s webinar, “Medicare and Oxygen” was broadcast on October 16, 2019. The broadcast featured Tangita Daramola, the Competitive Acquisition Ombudsman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as Cindy White, a Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor (DME MAC) and Dr. Jessica Whitley, who spoke about CMS’ Immediate Advocacy Program. If you were unable to attend the live broadcast, or if you would like to share it, click on the link below. In addition, you can access a copy of the slides that were used in the presentation and a resource that describes Medicare’s coverage of durable medical equipment.
Click on the following links to view the webinar recording and to access the webinar documents. In addition to a link to the webinar recording and slides, we have provided a link to CMS’s “Medicare Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment” booklet which contains a lot of useful information, and a document that lists answers to questions that were asked during the webinar that we were not able to answer in real time.
Medicare and Oxygen Webinar Recording (You will be required to enter your name and email address to view the webinar recording)
USCC Medicare and Oxygen Webinar Slides.pdf
US COPD oxygen Q and A Final.pdf
Medicare Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment (Updated August 2020)