RE:CMS study NIV/ventilation Nice. "Lower mortality" does not imply higher "quality of life".
There may well be a case for aligning the various standards into one over-arching standard for all agencies and providers. Makes sense.
but let's say again that CMS is currently reimbursing based on its standards and that use of NIVH is based on physicians recommendation. And they save around 30000$ a year per patient.
It's this later point that makes the case. Home treatment for palliative end of life care makes sense for the public purse. And that does not mean dump the device and run. It means remote real time full spectrum service with real time monitoring for the physicians.