pa-56-27-950: Designated exceptional durable medical equipment (Part II)

Summary

In accordance with the Department of Human Services' (Department) currently approved State Plan, the Department is required to publish an annual list of exceptional Durable Medical Equipment (DME) by notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin in July of each year for nursing facilities Statewide. Interested persons may petition the Department to consider additions to the exceptional DME list by submitting a written request to the Department. Requests received on or before December 31 will be considered in developing the list for the following July. During Calendar Year 2025, the Department received no written requests to add or remove items of DME from the list of exceptional DME. Therefore, this notice makes no changes in either the acquisition cost or the list of qualifying DME. ''Exceptional DME'' is defined as DME that has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and is either Specially Adapted DME or other DME that is designated as exceptional DME by the Department annually by notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin . ''Specially Adapted DME'' is DME that is uniquely constructed or substantially adapted or modified in accordance with the written orders of a physician for the particular use of one resident, making its contemporaneous use by another resident unsuitable. The list of exceptional DME that has been designated by the Department is as follows: (1) Air fluidized beds. The pressure relief provided by this therapy uses a high rate of airflow to fluidize fine particulate...

The agency’s own summary, as published.