Quote of the Day:

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now.

Thought for the Day: Put misfortune into perspective.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.

MEDICARE COVERAGE UPDATES FOR
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

★Medical Equipment can only be delivered 1-2 days prior to D/C from a hospital or facility if needed for training before discharge


★Compression Stockings & TEDS not covered


★Cushions are not covered if they do not have a wheelchair


★Cushions are not covered for a transport chair, Lift chair or scooter

MEDICARE COVERAGE UPDATES FOR
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT



★ Most Items NOW Require a Written Physician’s Order In Hand Prior to Delivery (Walkers, Canes, Mattresses, Wheelchairs & Cushions, Scooters & PowerChairs, Oxygen, Nebulizers, C-Paps)


★ Patient must see ordering physician within 30 days of ordering equipment for a face to face visit that documents medical necessity of equipment ordered


★ There MUST be documentation to justify the Medical Need of the equipment either in the physicians progress notes, facility or home health notes.

★ Must have documentation of Medical Necessity and why equipment is Reasonable & Necessary.


★ Medicare will not cover/pay for another item that is the same or similar if they received it within 5 years.

Thought for the Day: What is madness?

Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. - Don Quixote

Thought for the Day: Take the time to be inventive.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously

Thought for the Day: Preparation is everything.

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.