Medical Billing Forum
Billing => Billing => : midwifebiller September 18, 2010, 03:38:13 AM
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This question is for all the DME billers in our group.
We bill for homebirth midwives throughout the country. During labor and delivery they use a variety of supplies, some disposable and some not. There is one midwife in CA who is billing the non-disposable supplies as DME as a way to get some reimbursement. Is this something I should be looking into for our clients? I would love to find a way to obtain reimbursement for supplies used during labor and delivery at home. Supplies used in a hospital setting are routinely reimbursed....
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When a delivery is done in the hospital, the hospital can bill for the use of the facility and all supplies needed. When a birth is done at home, no facility fees. However, it does seem as if the supplies should be covered. I would check with a couple of the major insurance carriers to see if the midwife can charge for supplies. With Medicare they would have to enroll as a supplier but I'm sure you don't have many Medicare patients delivering babies. I would probably start with BCBS, or UHC.
Michele