Durable Medical Equipment covered items
What Medicare Covers
•Air fluidized beds •Blood glucose monitors •Bone growth (or osteogenesis) stimulators* •Canes (except white canes for the blind) •Commode chairs •Crutches •Home oxygen equipment and supplies* •Hospital beds •Infusion pumps and some medicines used in them •Lymphedema pumps/pneumatic compressiondevices* •Nebulizersand some medicines used in them (if reasonable and necessary) •Patient lifts* •Scooters •Suction pumps •Traction equipment •Transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulators (TENS)* •Ventilators or respiratory assist devices •Walkers •Wheelchairs(manual and power)
What You Pay
Generally, you pay 20% of theMedicare-approved amount afteryou pay your Medicare Part Bdeductiblefor the year ($135 in2009). Medicare pays the other80%. The Medicare-approvedamountis the lower of the actualcharge for the item or the feeMedicare sets for the item.However, the amount you paymay vary because Medicare paysfor different kinds of durablemedical equipment in differentways. You may be able to rent orbuy the equipment.
Note : You must get a Certificate of Medical Necessitybefore you can get this equipment.
Durable medical equipment (DME ) medical billing. How to do billing for Medicare and what equipment covered by Medicare. DME Modifiers and CPT codes.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Medicare covered services of medical equipment and how much patient need to pay
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