New Reimbursement Policy Durable Medical Equipment - Rent to Purchase and Durable Medical Equipment - Modifiers (Professional)

Beginning with dates of service on or after December 1, 2019, Empire BlueCross BlueShield’s (“Empire”) current Durable Medical Equipment policy will be retired and will be replaced by the new Durable Medical Equipment – Rent to Purchase policy and the new Durable Medical Equipment - Modifiers policy. The new Durable Medical Equipment – Rent to Purchase policy has the same reimbursement guidelines and requirements as the current Durable Medical Equipment policy. The new Durable Medical Equipment - Modifiers policy has the same reimbursement guidelines for DME Modifiers as the current Durable Medical Equipment policy

 

For more information about these new policies, visit the Reimbursement Policy page at empireblue.com/provider.