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Diabetic shoes have strict criteria and guidelines that must be met for reimbursement. First, the patient must have a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. The ICD-9 codes for coverage range between 250.00 and 250.93, and must be transmitted as a five-digit code or the claim will receive a CO-16 denial. In other words, the claim needs additional information for processing. The patient must have these following conditions documented, which includes poor circulation in either foot, loot deformity of either foot, peripheral neuropathy with evidence of callus formation of either foot, history of preeulccrative calluses of either foot, history of previous foot ulceration of either foot, previous amputation of the other foot or part of either foot.

For the past several years, providers have searched endlessly for a solution to qualifying their oxygen patients. No solution seemed possible until 2004, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the use of a home testing system for oxygen. The system, called Power-Ox, allows the DME provider to deliver an over-night pulse oximerry device to the patient's home and instruct the patient on its use. The following day, the provider returns to retrieve the device, downloads the results into a Palm Pilot-based system, and has the patient sign an Assignment of Benefit form located on the Palm device.