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How do you bill for "discharge supplies"?



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Nov 26, 2008 05:21 PM

How do you bill for "discharge supplies"?


I am particularly concerned with Medicare patients. I am working with the mfr. of Pleurx drainage systems to try & solve the problem of pts. not having enough drainage bottles after discharge to get by until they get home delivery. My question is: if you discharge a patient with, say, 5 bottles, can the hospital bill Medicare Part B & get paid for them outside of the DRG payment?


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from edgwow
Old Nov 28, 2008, 10:08 PM

Default Re: How do you bill for "discharge supplies"?
I do not believe that you can bill that way. You need to send them home with the supply they need until they get their supplies delivered. There is a company in Ohio called EdgePark Medical supply, the turn around time is 5 days to delevery to home, that specializes in pleurex cathters, they have a whole dept. that does the authorizations for them .
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from Mijourney
Old Nov 29, 2008, 10:33 AM

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I agree. You cannot separately bill the patient's Medicare for home supplies. That's why I believe that discharge planning should take place at admission and continue through actual discharge from the hospital. It helps the problems seen with discharge back into the home environment.
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from dria
Old Dec 01, 2008, 09:22 PM

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We've had good luck with Edge Park overnighting supplies in a pinch. I'm not sure if it's because we are an insurer (and maybe have better reimbursement rates?) but it might be worth looking into. 5 days sure is a long time...
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