Durable Medical Equipment (DME)


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Welcome to the Nevada Medicaid Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Disposable Medical Supplies (DMEPOS) webpage. Nevada Medicaid is a joint federal and state health care program that pays for medical costs for people with limited income and resources.
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Nevada Medicaid covers certain standard medical equipment that meets the basic medical need of the recipient. All DMEPOS products and services must be medically necessary, safe and appropriate for the course and severity of the condition, using the least costly and equally effective alternative to meet the medical need. Items or usage classified as educational, rehabilitative by nature, experimental or investigational are not covered. DMEPOS is equipment which can withstand repeated use, is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose and generally are useful to a person when they are ill or injured and are appropriate for use in the home. Some items may be subject to prior authorization requirements or quantity limitations. Products must have received approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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    Durable Medical Equipment serves recipients with medical needs that can be met with medical equipment or supplies that are generally useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury and are appropriate for use in the home.

     

    • Persons of any age with a medical need for medical equipment or supplies.
    • Must be a Medicaid recipient with an illness or injury.
    • Where can I read more? MSM Chapter 1300
    • Standard medical equipment which can withstand repeated use and disposable medical supplies that meet the basic medical need of a recipient which generally is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury and is appropriate for use in the home
    • How to enroll
      • Once a patient is eligible for Medicaid, a prescription and medical documents with their treating physician would need to be forwarded to a DME provider.
    • Covers:
      • Prosthetics and Orthodontics
      • Incontinence Supplies
      • Mobility Devices
      • Enteral and Parenteral foods
      • Oxygen and supplies including CPAP and BiPAP