Supplemental Oxygen Use, Outcomes, and Spending in Patients With COPD in the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Medicare Competitive Bidding Program (CBP), a policy that reduced durable medical equipment prices, was implemented starting in 2011. Legislation introduced in 2024 aims to remove supplemental oxygen from the CBP because of concerns that recent decreases in oxygen prescribing are due to lower prices set by the CBP, which may have decreased supply and, in turn, limited oxygen access for patients with chronic lung diseases. However, low-value prescribing of oxygen is also prevalent in practice, and decreased oxygen prescription rates may not have necessarily caused harm. Little is known about the association of the CBP with patient use, outcomes, or spending.

Objective

To examine the association between the 2011 and 2013 implementation of the CBP and supplementa

SUBMITTER: Duan KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581493 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature