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) – October 2024
- Ankle-Foot/Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFO/KAFOs) – August 2024
- Artificial Limbs and Braces (O&P) – October 2024
- Commodes – October 2024
- Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) – October 2024
- Documenting Continued Use – April 2023
- Documenting Continued Medical Necessity – October 2024
- Enteral Nutrition – October 2024
- Glucose Monitors and Supplies – October 2024
- Hospital Beds and Accessories – August 2024
- Immunosuppressive Drugs – June 2024
- Insulin for Insulin Infusion Pumps – October 2024
- Intermittent Urinary Catheterization – October 2024
- Knee Orthoses – August 2024
- Manual Wheelchairs – October 2024
- Medical Record Authentication – June 2024
- Nebulizers – October 2024
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy – May 2023
- Oxygen Initial Qualification Testing – March 2023
- Physician Documentation Letter – May 2023
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices: Initial Qualification – October 2024
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices: Replacement – October 2024
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices and Respiratory Assist Devices (RAD) Masks – October 2024
- Power Mobility Devices and Accessories Prior Authorization – August 2024
- Power Wheelchairs and Power Operated Vehicles – April 2023
- Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces – Group 2 Prior Authorization – August 2024
- RAD for Central Sleep Apnea or Complex Sleep Apnea – August 2023
- RAD for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – August 2023
- RAD for Hypoventilation Syndrome – August 2023
- RAD for Restrictive Thoracic Disorders – August 2023
- Sleep Test Scoring – May 2023
- Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes: Physician Documentation Requirements – May 2023
- Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes: Tips for Certifying Physicians and Podiatrist Suppliers – March 2024
- Written Order Prior To Delivery and Face-To-Face Encounter – August 2024