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New Vlog from Ronda Buhrmester: New Oxygen NCD!

Published in Government Relations on September 28, 2021

In this latest vlog, Ronda shares the update about the finalization of the oxygen national coverage determination (NCD), as well as information about her upcoming webinar where she will dive deeper into this update, what changes are included in the policy, and how the NCD affects the local coverage determination (LCD). Watch her update below!

Click here for the original announcement form CMS, and click here to access a recording of our webinar from Friday, October 1 at 1 p.m. CT.

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