Implementation of New Reasonable Useful Lifetime (RUL) Policy for Stationary and Portable Oxygen Equipment
This instruction will implement systems changes to enforce new Reasonable Useful Lifetime (RUL) policies and National Competitive Bidding rules for instances where the beneficiary has both portable and stationary oxygen equipment and the RUL for one piece of equipment expires before the RUL for the other piece of equipment has been reached.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 08, 2011
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