Medicaid rules re: Durable Medical Equip (DME) and NPs

Contacting the Director of Health Policy/Federal Government and Professional Affairs at the American Association of NPs. Will be happy to share info if permission given.

It is so critical to verify and centralize this kind of information. Sometimes it is erroneous (i.e. someone said that someone said) and sometimes it is a matter of an inappropriate "interpretation" of regulation by an institution. When it is genuine, we need to hold it up to the light, as you suggest. Our most recent version here in CA is that now I cannot order PT on Medicaid patients under age 18. I have to fax a copy of the order to an off-site physician for a signature. The physician does not see the patient or review the chart. This wastes time and money and provides no benefit whatsoever to the quality or safety of patient care.