Product Categories Added to E-App to Align with Recent DMEPOS CMS Final Rule

The Joint Commission added two product categories to its electronic application (E-App) for home care services that supply durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS). The added categories are:

• Lymphedema Compression Treatment Items – Custom, S04
• Lymphedema Compression Treatment Items – Non-Custom, S04

The additions were made in response to the Nov. 13, 2023, Federal Register, in which the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized regulations related to custom-fitted garments and other compression garments for the treatment of lymphedema. Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, CMS began covering the following lymphedema treatments for Medicare Part B patients:

• Custom (uniquely sized and shaped to fit the exact dimensions of the affected extremity of a person from measurements) and non-custom compression garments, including those for daytime and nighttime use, which offer different levels of compression.
• Compression bandaging systems and supplies provided during the initial decongestive phase and maintenance phases of treatment.
• Gradient compression wraps with adjustable straps.
• Necessary accessories for gradient compression garments and wraps including: aids for donning and doffing items for different body parts, fillers, lining, padding, and zippers.

Note that organizations that revise their E-App to comply with these new product categories may require an unannounced on-site survey prior to the next triennial accreditation survey.

Please contact your account executive with any questions.