Sentences with phrase «used durable medical equipment»

«Often, your insurance company will use a durable medical equipment provider (DME) to fulfill your breast pump benefit,» she says.

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Aetna does not cover a breastpump purchase under standard Aetna benefit plans and does not find the manual or electric breastpumps to be within their standard contractual definition of durable medical equipment in that they are normally of use in the absence of illness or injury.

Personal Grade — not a specific designation but usually used to mean a lower suction level, open or closed system, FDA approved as a single - user, limited pumping hours (usually 300 - 500), and available to consumers directly through retailers and DMEs (Durable Medical Equipment suppliers) usually with a maximum suction level of 25 — 300mmhgs.

But if you have Medicare and are in need of medical supplies or equipment (known as durable equipment, such as oxygen tanks and walkers), it's crucial you use vendors that «accept assignment,» or agree to accept Medicare's approved amount as payment in full.

A medical loan can provide you with funding to purchase things your insurance may not cover, including durable equipment for use at home, such as hospital beds, oxygen supplies, walkers, in - home nursing assistance, and more.

For example, you might have knee surgery at a hospital in your health plan's network, and later find out that the durable medical equipment supplier that the hospital uses isn't contracted with your insurance plan.