Leaderboard

I am not aware medicare will cover O2 for cluster headaches. This has been a bone of contention for some time. The CMS ruling ignorantly stated there was too great a risk of respiratory depression giving oxygen if someone retained CO2. The other concern was for eye damage which is only applicable to preterm infants. Such concerns are ridiculous but exist. If you have strait medicaid or medicare there is little change of getting O2 for clusters unless someone is manipulating the diagnostic codes or you have a supplemental policy that is savvy enough to recognize O2 is cheaper than even rationed imitrex. It is a horrible situation that governmental agencies should be ashamed.

yes, they said that if they get letter from doctor stating I've had more than 5 ch headaches in a month and ones that range up to 180 minutes, they will cover oxygen. I know, thought i had it wrapped. We also talked with Apria customer service who said they would update my previous account and add that Medicare would pay, then [you'll love this] said I need to call the local distributor. I said can't you call them and tell them to ok the request. they said no I had to do that myself, which will try tomorrow but know will net out the same! best, g