Dear Physician Letters – Documentation Requirements
Do you need help getting medical record documentation to support the DMEPOS items you provide?
The DME MAC Medical Directors wrote these letters to physicians and practitioners to summarize Medicare's coverage and documentation requirements for DMEPOS items.
Share these letters with treating, prescribing, or certifying clinicians to help get documentation to support a claim.
- Airway Clearance: High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Devices & Mechanical In-Exsufflation Devices (Airway Clearance)
- Ankle-Foot/Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFO/KAFOs)
- Artificial Limbs and Braces (O&P)
- Commodes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs)
- Documenting Continued Use
- Documenting Continued Medical Necessity
- Enteral Nutrition
- Glucose Monitors and Supplies
- Hospital Beds and Accessories
- Immunosuppressive Drugs
- Insulin for Insulin Infusion Pumps
- Intermittent Urinary Catheterization
- Knee Orthoses
- Manual Wheelchairs
- Medical Record Authentication
- Nebulizers
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Oxygen Initial Qualification Testing
- Physician Documentation Letter
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices: Initial Qualification
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices: Replacement
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices and Respiratory Assist Devices (RAD) Masks
- Power Mobility Devices and Accessories Prior Authorization
- Power Wheelchairs and Power Operated Vehicles
- Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces – Group 2 Prior Authorization
- RAD for Central Sleep Apnea or Complex Sleep Apnea
- RAD for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- RAD for Hypoventilation Syndrome
- RAD for Restrictive Thoracic Disorders
- Sleep Test Scoring
- Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes: Physician Documentation Requirements
- Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes: Tips for Certifying Physicians and Podiatrist Suppliers
- Written Order Prior To Delivery and Face-To-Face Encounter
Updated: 04.19.24