Better Assisting the Patient: What Pharmacy Personnel Need to Know about Durable Medical Equipment

It seems the goal for most hospitals is to get the patients out of their four walls and into either their homes or a facility to convalesce in. Durable medical equipment can make transitioning easier for patients that need devices for activities for daily living. Professor Pete is freeCE’s only Medicare card-carrying faculty member, so he took on this activity to share with the audience the differences in home health care equipment and most important the coverage of such products. Fitting of ambulation devices such as walkers, canes, crutches and wheelchairs is also covered. Basic insurance coverage will be reviewed for these products that do not have a National Drug Code.