Published: July 05, 2011
Vital Care Applauds Congressional Delegates for Fighting for Mississippi's Chronic Care Patients
MERIDIAN, Miss. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Vital Care CEO Len Branham today issued the following statement
commending members of the Mississippi congressional delegation for
championing efforts to prevent a rule change proposed by Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that threatens the health of
chronic care patients in Mississippi and across the country.
"On behalf of the state of Mississippi's thousands of chronic care
patients, I want to applaud Vital Care's members of Congress for their
efforts to halt a CMS rule change that would jeopardize patient access
to pain medications used in implanted pain pumps. Rep. Gregg Harper and
Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker were successful in postponing the
change to CMS's payment policy manual that was slated to go into effect
on June 29. The change would have prohibited Medicare from reimbursing
specialized pharmacies for the pain medications used in implanted pain
pumps. Implanted pain pumps have been life changing for many chronic
care patients throughout the state of Mississippi and across the United
States. Thanks to our congressmen in Washington, CMS has now delayed the
change in policy for 45 days. I commend Rep. Harper and Sens. Wicker and
Cochran for their efforts and I urge CMS to use this 45 day window to
explore the impact that this rule change would have on many the nation's
most vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries."
About Vital Care:
Vital Care Inc. is a franchise-based network of home infusion therapy
providers headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi. Founded 1986, it is
one of the largest providers of infusion therapies, operating dozens of
locations throughout 18 states.
Vital Care Inc.
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