Preventing COPD Re-Admissions by Utilizing NIV and Comprehensive Follow-Up in the Home

The estimated re-admission costs to the healthcare system for COPD are over $49 billion. 1 In the US, hospital re-admissions for all COPD patients within 30 days occur in 22% of cases. 2 CMS is taking control of reimbursement by imposing fines and denying reimbursement for recurrent re-admissions of several diagnoses including COPD. With COPD re-admissions becoming more costly for hospitals, a more cost effective way must be devised to treat moderate to severe COPD in the home, thus reducing exacerbations and frequent hospital re-admissions. Community Surgical Supply (CSS), a mid-atlantic home medical equipment company, has created a program to reduce re-admissions for severe chronic respiratory failure/COPD patients.