Tag: insurance coverage
Medela launches insurance platform for breast pumps
June 17, 2026HME News Staff
MCHENRY, Ill. – Medela has partnered with Covered Commerce to launch Medela Insurance Connect, a digital platform designed to make it easier for mothers in the United States to access insurance-covered breast pumps. Powered by Covered Commerce’s technology platform, Medela Insurance Connect helps users verify insurance eligibility, submit information and connect with partners to process their order and coordinate delivery of an insurance-covered Medela pump. “So many moms in the...
New abstract highlights ‘hidden’ costs of DME
December 30, 2024HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – A careful cost-benefit approach to covering DME electricity costs under insurance programs should consider the potential improved health and the reduced mental strain from financial worries, as well as potential increases in Medicare spending, according to a new abstract published in Nature.
As there is an increase in the consumption of these devices, more careful consideration should be devoted to possible insurance policy coverage of these “hidden” out-of-pocket...