I was visiting with the daughter of one of my clients today and she said her Mother is on oxygen and in the local nursing home. She showed me a bill for around $500 for the last month that is for renting the concentrator and a bunch of oxygen tanks used. It is supplied by a local durable medical equipment provider and they claim Medicare will not pay for it and do not even run it through Medicare.
This lady is on self-pay and not Medicaid. Have any of you ran into oxygen being used in the nursing home for someone not on Medicaid and if so was it covered by Medicare A or B and a Med Sup? Everything I read says Part B covers oxygen at home but doesn't mention in a nursing home.
I called Medicare and of course got the old if they are a Medicare provider then they would be able to bill Medicare and it would be covered, lady obviously had no idea so just told me that.
This lady is on self-pay and not Medicaid. Have any of you ran into oxygen being used in the nursing home for someone not on Medicaid and if so was it covered by Medicare A or B and a Med Sup? Everything I read says Part B covers oxygen at home but doesn't mention in a nursing home.
I called Medicare and of course got the old if they are a Medicare provider then they would be able to bill Medicare and it would be covered, lady obviously had no idea so just told me that.