Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
Direct Pharmacy Care carries a full line of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Incontinence Products. We can provide qualifying clients in your facility with DME and/or Incontinence Products. Please call our office to find out more.
With constantly changing health care laws and regulations, knowing what, when, and how much to pay can be confusing. Direct Pharmacy Care is on your side, which means you have the reassurance of industry experts who will make the process easy and accurate.
For more information, please contact our DME specialist at our customer service department. For all the contact information, please click here.
The term “durable medical equipment” includes iron lungs, oxygen tents, Nebulizers, CPAP, catheters, hospital beds, and wheelchairs (which may include a power-operated vehicle that may be appropriately used as a wheelchair, but only where the use of such a vehicle is determined to be necessary on the basis of the individual's medical and physical condition and the vehicle meets such safety requirements as the Secretary may prescribe) used in the patient's home (including an institution used as his home other than an institution that meets the requirements of subsection (e)(1) of this section or section 1819(a)(1)), whether furnished on a rental basis or purchased, and includes blood-testing strips and blood glucose monitors for individuals with diabetes without regard to whether the individual has Type I or Type II diabetes or to the individual's use of insulin (as determined under standards established by the Secretary in consultation with the appropriate organizations); except that such term does not include such equipment furnished by a supplier who has used, for the demonstration and use of specific equipment, an individual who has not met such minimum training standards as the Secretary may establish with respect to the demonstration and use of such specific equipment. With respect to a seat-lift chair, such term includes only the seat-lift mechanism and does not include the chair.
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) is a term used to describe any medical equipment used in the home to aid in a better quality of living. It is a benefit included in most insurances and in some cases, certain Medicare benefits. The item is defined by Title XIX for Medicaid.
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 1395x(n)
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 1395x(n)
Direct Pharmacy Care carries a full line of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Incontinence Products. We can provide qualifying clients in your facility with DME and/or Incontinence Products. Please call our office to find out more.
With constantly changing health care laws and regulations, knowing what, when, and how much to pay can be confusing. Direct Pharmacy Care is on your side, which means you have the reassurance of industry experts who will make the process easy and accurate.
For more information, please contact our DME specialist at our customer service department. For all the contact information, please click here.
The term “durable medical equipment” includes iron lungs, oxygen tents, Nebulizers, CPAP, catheters, hospital beds, and wheelchairs (which may include a power-operated vehicle that may be appropriately used as a wheelchair, but only where the use of such a vehicle is determined to be necessary on the basis of the individual's medical and physical condition and the vehicle meets such safety requirements as the Secretary may prescribe) used in the patient's home (including an institution used as his home other than an institution that meets the requirements of subsection (e)(1) of this section or section 1819(a)(1)), whether furnished on a rental basis or purchased, and includes blood-testing strips and blood glucose monitors for individuals with diabetes without regard to whether the individual has Type I or Type II diabetes or to the individual's use of insulin (as determined under standards established by the Secretary in consultation with the appropriate organizations); except that such term does not include such equipment furnished by a supplier who has used, for the demonstration and use of specific equipment, an individual who has not met such minimum training standards as the Secretary may establish with respect to the demonstration and use of such specific equipment. With respect to a seat-lift chair, such term includes only the seat-lift mechanism and does not include the chair.