Q: We have new durable medical equipment (DME) that we will be giving to our respiratory patients. We want to make sure that we can get reimbursed by Medicare for these items. The three products that may go out the door to patients are a flutter valve (code E0484), an Acapella flutter valve (also code E0484), and an aerochamber spacer device (code A4627).
Is there anything special we need to know about billing for DME with Medicare or do we need to have the patients sign Advance Beneficiary Notices? We have just had to write items off in the past and don’t want to have to do that if at all possible.
