AAH: Keep using WOPDs—for now
By HME News Staff
Updated Tue January 14, 2020
WASHINGTON - AAHomecare recommends that providers continue to obtain written orders prior to delivery for HME until CMS publishes a “required list.”
Earlier this month, the DME MACs said a new standard written order would be the only type of order needed for HME claims starting with dates of service Jan. 1, 2020. But it also said certain HME on a “required list” would still be subject to face-to-face and WOPD requirements.
While AAHomecare has confirmed that as of Jan. 1, 2020, WOPDs are only required for PMDs, “it is recommended that suppliers continue to get a WOPD until the new list is published,” the association stated in a bulletin.
The list of items that will no longer require a WOPD:
- Group 1, 2 and 3 pressure reducing support surfaces
- TENS units
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Wheelchair seating
- Wheelchair options and accessories for power wheelchairs
- Portable gas oxygen
- Liquid stationary and portably oxygen
- CPAP
- RAD
- Nebulizers
CMS plans to publish a “required list” in the Federal Register in the next month or so, according to AAHomecare.
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