I didn't think Medicare would cover transportation back home either but did get
transported back home once and Medicare did cover it.
Tim
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 8/20/2007 11:15:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
it would be $865 to come and get me and drive me home less than 3 miles away!
And, no, insurance does not pay for it!!! Medicare will pay FOR THE TRANSPORT
*TO* a medical facility but not the other way around.
Medicare WILL pay for transport both ways.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AmbulanceFeeSchedule/downloads/cfr410_40.pdf
Start reading in the right column at (d) on page one and continue to left
column page 2. Medicare WILL pay for transport back home. I've done it.
HurricaneGeezer/GatorGeezer Bill
C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68
Age 57
Leesburg, FL
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