Counterpoint: Should Medicare Allow Respiratory Therapists to Independently Practice and Bill for Educational Activities Related to COPD? No Katherine.

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Counterpoint: Should Medicare Allow Respiratory Therapists to Independently Practice and Bill for Educational Activities Related to COPD? No Katherine Courtright, MD, Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, FCCP CHEST Volume 145, Issue 2, Pages 213-216 (February 2014) DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2520 Copyright © 2014 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Annual Medicare claims for diabetes self-management education. Data obtained from Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Manager 2012.13 G0108 = Diabetes outpatient self-management training services for individual face-to-face 30-min session. G0109 = Diabetes outpatient self-management training services for group face-to-face 30-min session. CHEST 2014 145, 213-216DOI: (10.1378/chest.13-2520) Copyright © 2014 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions