Waynesville NC Durable Medical Equipment
Waynesville, NC is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about 30 miles southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains.
Durable Medical Equipment is defined by Title XIX for Medicaid:
(n) The term “durable medical equipment” includes iron lungs, oxygen tents, Nebulizers, CPAP, catheters, hospital beds, and wheelchairs(which may include a power-operated vehicle that may be appropriately used as a wheelchair, but only where the use of such a vehicle is determined to be necessary on the basis of the individual's medical and physical condition and the vehicle meets such safety requirements as the Secretary may prescribe) used in the patient's home (including an institution used as his home other than an institution that meets the requirements of subsection (e)(1) of this section or section 1819(a)(1)), whether furnished on a rental basis or purchased, and includes blood-testing strips and blood glucose monitors for individuals with diabetes without regard to whether the individual has Type I or Type II diabetesor to the individual's use of insulin(as determined under standards established by the Secretary in consultation with the appropriate organizations); except that such term does not include such equipment furnished by a supplier who has used, for the demonstration and use of specific equipment, an individual who has not met such minimum training standards as the Secretary may establish with respect to the demonstration and use of such specific equipment. With respect to a seat-lift chair, such term includes only the seat-lift mechanism and does not include the chair.
A DME supplier in the Waynesville, NC area is Aeroflow Healthcare. They carry Powered Wheelchairs, Scooters, CPAP machines and supplies, and Manual Wheelchairs. Other local companies for some or all of these supplies are Walgreens Home Medical, and Carolina Breathing and Mobility Solutions.
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• Waynesville NC Mobility Equipment
• Waynesville NC Durable Medical Equipment
• Waynesville NC CPAP Supplies
