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Medicare is Picking Up the Tab

Keep more cash in your pocket make sure you are not buying items that medicare can cover in Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers medically necessary. If your doctor prescribes it for your home. DME that medicare covers include but isn’t limited to:

Blood sugar meters 

Blood sugar test strips

Canes 

Commode chairs

Continuous passive motion devices 

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices

Crutches

Hospital beds

Home infusion services

Infusion pumps & supplies

Lancet devices & lancets

Nebulizers & nebulizer medications

Oxygen equipment & accessories

Patient lifts 

Pressure-reducing support surfaces

Suction pumps

Traction equipment

Walkers

Wheelchairs & scooters 

So, before handing over the cash to buy the necessities check with the doctor to write a prescription first, especially if its a need and not a want.


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