It will depend on the patients Medicare stay status. Here is a link that may answer your further:
https://apps.ngsmedicare.com/pdf/157_0709_DME Fact Sheet_DME in SNF_0310.pdf
the link states:
Medicare Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment While in a Skilled Nursing Facility
There are many situations where equipment or supplies that would normally be
submitted to the Medicare durable medical equipment (DME) contractor do not fall
under the DME claim jurisdiction when furnished to People with Medicare outside his
or her home. Certain items are covered for People with Medicare that are inpatient
in a skilled nursing facility (SNF). Determining which items can be covered depends
upon the status of the covered Medicare Part A stay.
The Medicare DME benefit will not consider coverage of DME such as, but not
limited to, wheelchairs, oxygen and oxygen equipment, hospital beds, walkers,
pressure reducing support devices, continuous passive motion devices, and negative
pressure wound therapy pumps while a patient is in a SNF because these items are
considered part of the SNF consolidated facility charges.
People with Medicare are eligible for 100 days of coverage as inpatient in a SNF per
benefit period. During this period, the only items that are covered separately by the
Medicare DME benefit are customized prosthetic devices.
After the 100 days of coverage has been exhausted, the DME benefit will consider
coverage on other items such as, but not limited to, the following equipment and
supplies while the patient is in a SNF:
n Ostomy supplies
n Urological supplies
n Surgical dressings—wound covers, gauze, wound fillers, and tape
n Immunosuppressive drugs
n Trach care kits
n Custom prosthetics
n Parenteral and enteral nutrition (PEN)
n Refractive lenses
n Dialysis supplies for residents selecting method 2
n Therapeutic shoes for patients with diabetes
Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
Visit
www.NGSMedicare.com –or–
www.medicare.gov
I hope this helps to answer your questions.
Tami Woerpel CPC,CPMA
