Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The following newsletter was sent out by the BTER Foundation: www.bterfoundation.org/tbl/TBL_V4N5.htm This is the introduction:
"The BTER Foundation has just issued the following press release, which also can be found at: www.bterfoundation.org/indexfiles/BTER%20Foundation_PR_0811.pdf

"As you can see below, we are very pleased to announce that the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took our concerns about maggot therapy coding seriously, and issued coding recommendations that should support your requests for insurance reimbursement.

"We are grateful for their efforts to work together in this way to improve patient services and clinician compensation. Their action demonstrates their support for all of us that use or receive biotherapy.

"Thank you all who wrote letters for us to take to the CMS Public Hearing in Baltimore, back in April, 2008. The words of Margaret Mead (which appear at the bottom of most of our newsletters), ring true, again: 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.'"

The BeTER LeTTER newsletter archives, with all earlier issues, can be found at: www.bterfoundation.org/indexfiles/letter.htm