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billing the dmercs and others for infusion pumps - ION Solutions

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SNF CONSOLIDATED BILLING The Social Security Act (§1861(n)) specifies that ahospital or a skilled nursing facility cannot be apatient’s home <strong>for</strong> purposes of <strong>the</strong> DME benefit. When DME is furnished <strong>for</strong> a patient in a SNF,<strong>the</strong> DME Carriers may not make separatepayment <strong>for</strong> DME, since DME is included in <strong>the</strong>payment that <strong>the</strong> SNF receives <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>covered stay itself.

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