Medicare pays monthly for stationary oxygen equipment, including concentrators and stationary gaseous and liquid equipment. However, to get a portable oxygen concentrator or tank and a machine ...

suppliers provided portable liquid oxygen equipment to more than 80,000 Americans. Fewer than 4,000 Medicare patients received liquid oxygen in 2021, according to Medicare data. That’s a tiny ...

Despite the existence of lightweight portable oxygen systems that allow patients to live full lives in the community, the broken Medicare payment structure for oxygen services and equipment is ...