Does anyone know if there are other companies besides Denver Biomedical that supplies Pleural catheters? Who pays for the drainage kits you send the patients home with? Does that get charged to the pt. or the hospital? Has anyone had a problem getting the pleurx catheters delivered to the pt.'s home in a timely manner? Lately we've had pts. who need to be drained 2 days from d/c, but if they are d/c'd on a Friday and b/c we cannot order the supplies until the pt. is d/c'd, they sometimes are not able to get the supplies over the weekend? Someone commented that for a pt. who has medicaire, they are required to supply the pt. with what he needs before he is d/c'd. Is this coming from the hospital's budget or from the floor's budget? I'd appreciate any help.