In addition to the Home Health Services (Title XIX) Durable Medical Equipment (DME)/Medical Supplies Physician Order Form, a Medicaid Certificate of Medical Necessity for CPAP/BiPAP or Oxygen Therapy Form must be signed and dated by the physician familiar with the client and submitted by the provider for all positive pressure system devices. The original signed copy must be kept in the medical record.
The CPAP system requires prior authorization and may be prior authorized for rental or purchase depending on the physician’s predicted length of treatment. Headgear, tubing, and filters used with patient owned positive airway pressure devices require prior authorization. Humidifiers may be prior authorized when used with a CPAP with documentation of medical necessity. Clients who have a current prior authorization for a CPAP/BiPAP S may continue to rent these items until the prior authorization period expires. After the current prior authorization period expires, then the criteria in the following paragraph applies to any further prior authorizations of CPAP/BiPAP. Providers must supply a new CPAP/BiPAP to clients at the beginning of the new prior authorization period.
Prior authorization for purchase after the initial three-month rental period may be granted if the client is continuing to use the equipment at a minimum of four hours per night and symptoms are improved as documented by a physician familiar with the client. This documentation of compliance and effectiveness must be provided with a new completed Home Health Services (Title XIX) Durable Medical Equipment (DME)/Medical Supplies Physician Order Form and a Medicaid Certificate of Medical Necessity for CPAP/BiPAP or Oxygen Therapy form. Rental of a CPAP/BiPAP system includes all supplies. CPAP/BiPAP S may be rented up to a maximum of 13 months. The equipment is considered purchased after 13 months rental.
The BiPAP S requires prior authorization and may be reimbursed for rental or purchase depending on the physician’s predicted length of treatment. The BiPAP S will not be prior authorized once a CPAP is purchased. Clients who have a current prior authorization for a CPAP/BiPAP S may continue to rent these items until the prior authorization period expires. After the current prior authorization period expires, then the criteria in the following paragraph applies to any further prior authorizations of CPAP/BiPAP. Providers must supply a new CPAP/BiPAP to clients at the time of purchase, if the item is purchased after a rental period.
Prior authorization for purchase after the initial three-month rental period may be granted if the client is continuing to use the equipment at a minimum of four hours per night and symptoms are improved as documented by a physician familiar with the client. This documentation of compliance and effectiveness must be provided with a new completed Home Health Services (Title XIX) Durable Medical Equipment (DME)/Medical Supplies Physician Order Form and a Medicaid Certificate of Medical Necessity for CPAP/BiPAP or Oxygen Therapy form.
Purchase of a BiPAP ST is not a benefit. The BiPAP ST may be approved initially for a three-month rental period based on documentation supporting the medical necessity and appropriateness of the device. Providers must use either procedure code E0471 or E0472 when requesting prior authorization for the rental of the BiPAP ST.
Continued prior authorization for rental after the initial three-month rental period may be granted if the client is continuing to use the equipment at a minimum four hours per night and has a transcutaneous saturation greater than 88 percent while using the equipment as documented by a physician familiar with the client or 92 percent or less for clients who are 20 years of age and younger. This documentation of compliance and effectiveness must be provided with the above documentation plus a new completed Home Health Services (Title XIX) Durable Medical Equipment (DME)/Medical Supplies Physician Order Form and a Medicaid Certificate of Medical Necessity for CPAP/BiPAP or Oxygen Therapy form.
