Medical Supplies and Equipment
If your medical condition requires medical-surgical appliances, supplies and/or prosthetics, submit a letter from your physician or occupational therapist and obtain approval from Department of Health and Social Services prior to purchasing these items.
Depending upon your disease condition, you may eligible for the following:
- ostomy appliances, accessories and supplies (stomahesives, drains, hollister bags, skinprep wipes, etc.)
- dietary aids and supplements (milk substitutes, caloric supplements, diabetic instruction manuals, glucometers, and other minor equipment)
- incontinence and catheter supplies (bags, tubes, expendable pads, etc.)
- oxygen and specialized oxygen equipment such as nebulizers, venture masks and cannulas, compressors, tubing, masks, flowmeters
- orthotic devices
- self-administered injection supplies (needles, syringes, urine testing kits, swabs, etc.)
- dressing, surgical bandages, trusses
- prosthetic appliances and/or prosthetic garments
- permanent prosthetics
- communication aids such as hearing aids and telephone aids, bliss board
- mobility aids such as walkers, crutches, canes, manual and electric wheelchairs, wheelchair trays, transfer boards, armrests, cushions, pumps to blow up cushions, and seating inserts, child’s stroller with adapted seat insert
- environmental aids such as transfer bars, toileting aids, patient lifters, grab bars, air mattress
- chest care equipment
Other equipment or devices that are medically necessary may be covered (on a case by case basis) at the discretion of the Department of Health and Social Services and is subject to prior approval.