medical equipment

Medicare and insurance companies don’t understand ALS and aren’t equipped to deal with it. We are actively trying to change that. For the many in this forum who have expressed frustration with durable medical equipment (DME) denials and expenses, in order for us to bring about any kind of...

Female urinal Check for medical equipment resources available (loan closets, AT4all, etc). There is a lot of used equipment out there, and you'll need money. Ventilators are portable. We can roll around with them. Get the wheelchair you'll need, NOT a scooter (as soon as possible, prescribed...

I have a question about Medicare. I never thought it was so complicated-part A part B part D supplemental etc. For those of us with ALS, which parts of Medicare are best to get-obviously the drug costs for riluzole are important too. Any suggestions? Not to mention durable medical equipment.

HI we are selling all this equipment is used but is in really good condition.................... Everything together 900.00 obo ...............Pick up only, sorry I will not mail anything...

An ALS advocate stumbled across something earlier this week that has several of us concerned. Effective April 1, 2014, the Medicare CMS rules for Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) are changing. They are being classified as durable medical equipment that will fall under a “capped rental rule.”...

Looks like a great resource, but i haven't tried it. It says you can try, borrow, sell, trade, get free, donate, place want ads, and get loans for AT & Medical equipment .Here is the link: AT4all | Kentucky assistive technology and medical equipment locator I posted this before, but in the...

Does anyone in the Portland, Oregon or Southwest Washington area selling their CPAP, Cough assist, and Suction Machine? My husband just went to his 1st ALS clinic on Monday, January 20, and these are the clinics recommendations that he needs now. I received a call from a medical rental place...

Hi, all -- My father, 60, was diagnosed with PLS this past August. The disease has progressed to the point where he has no functionality in his legs and declining strength in his arms, hands, and trunk. As I'm sure most of you experienced, he was led along for years with incorrect diagnosis...

Hello, I'm a newbie from GA. My brother-in-law was diagnosed about 11 yrs. ago with ALS. My 85 yr. old mother-in-law has been taking care of him for the past 10 yrs. by herself in his home in VA. They recently moved to GA to my mother-in-laws home so that 2 of his brothers and I can help. He...

Hi, This another one of those posts; first of all bear with me (and I thank you dearly for it) as I've read quite a lot of topics in this forum and I'd like an answer for my doubts; I am mainly asking since goggling gives either unreliable sources or mixed results. But first of all I'd like...