Care Medical Equipment

Care Medical & Rehabilitation Equipment is dedicated to being the Northwest’s “Partner in Care”, providing quality durable medical and respiratory equipment, supplies and services to customers, caregivers and healthcare professionals. Our fully trained staff strives to provide caring and personalized service, superior products and after-sale support, maintaining our primary commitment to improve the quality of life for our customers.

Joint Commission

Better Business Bureau Online

Billing and Collection Policy

Care Medical accepts insurance assignment in most cases; however, payment balances not covered by insurance are the responsibility of the customer. These balances may include deductibles, co-payments or denials. You may be responsible for payment should the necessary billing documents or authorizations not be made available to Care Medical by you, your physician or insurance carrier.

Notice to Medicare Beneficiaries

As a Medicare provider, we are required to inform you of certain rights that you have concerning your equipment benefits. First, a list of the Medicare Supplier Standards is provided to you on the back side of the Customer Orientation Form and the Delivery Document you signed when your equipment was delivered. Next, you may have a choice to rent or purchase certain items. Please ask your Care Medical representative if the item that you are receiving is one of these. Finally, if you have any questions concerning your Medicare coverage benefits for durable medical equipment, you are welcome to contact our billing department or if you wish to contact Medicare directly, you may do so by calling 1-800-899-7095.

CONTRACT LIST*
Oregon	Washington
• American Cancer Society • Aviation Safeguards • Benefit Health Solutions - BHS (ODS) • Best Choice Administrators - BCA (ODS) • CareMark/CareMark PPO • Care Oregon • Central Oregon Independent Health Services (COIHS) • Clear Choice Health • William C. Earhart Insurance Company • Evergreen Healthcare • Evergreen Home Health & Hospice • Family Care, Inc. • First Choice Health Network • Focus Healthcare Management • Fortis Health • Green Valley Rehabilitation & Health Center • Health Care Direct • Healthcare Resouces Northwest • HomeLink US Rehab • Hospice Care of the Northwest • Innovative Care Management • Intercommunity Health Network • Intercommunity Health Plans, Inc. • Interplan Health Group • Kaiser Permanente • Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA) • Legacy Health Systems • Lifewise of Oregon • Managed Healthcare Northwest (MHN) • Marion Polk Community Health Plan • McKenzie Willamette Home Health & Hospice • MCS Healthcare Network • Medicare • Mid Valley IPA • Multiplan, Inc. • Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) • National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Oregon • O.D.S • Odyssey Healthcare • OHSU (Oregon Health & Science University) • OMAP (Office of Medical Assistance Program) • PacifiCare of Oregon/Secure Horizons • PacifiSource Health Plans • Pacific Home Health & Hospice • Peace Harbor Home Health & Hospice • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) • Progressive Medical, Inc. • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon * HMO of Oregon * First Choice 65 * Federal Employees • Sacred Heart Medical Center/Peace Health • Samaritan Health Plans • Serenity Palliative Care & Hospice • Scoot-Around North America • Signature Hospice • State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) • Sterling Option 1 (Sterling Life Insurance Co) • Stevens Health Network • Three Rivers Provider Network • Trillium Community Health Plan • United Healthcare • VA Medical Center	• Aetna Health, Inc. • American Cancer Society • Benefit Health Solutions - BHS (ODS) • Best Choice Administrators - BCA (ODS) • Columbia United Providers • Community Health Network of Washington • Community Health Plan of Washington • DSHS (Department of Social & Health Services) • William C. Earhart Insurance Company • Evergreen Healthcare • Family Care, Inc. • First Choice Health Network • Focus Healthcare Management • Fortis Health • Franciscan Hospice/HME • Group Health Cooperative • Health Care Direct • Healthcare Resources Northwest • Highline School District • HomeLink US Rehab • Human Services Council • Innovative Care Management • Interplan Health Group • Kaiser Permanente • Labor & Industries (L&I) • Managed Healthcare Northwest (MHN) • MCS Healthcare Network • Medicare • Molina Healthcare • Multiplan, Inc. • National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Washington • O.D.S. • PacifiCare of Washington • Physician Hospital Community Organization (PCHO) • Premera BlueCross BlueShield of Washington • Premera First • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) • Progressive Medical, Inc. • Providence Elder Place • Providence Home Health & Hospice of Snohomish Co. • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Washington • Scoot-Around North America • Sterling Option 1 (Sterling Life Insurance Co) • Stevens Health Network • Three Rivers Provider Network • Uniform Medical • United Healthcare • VA Medical Center • Virginia Mason Health Plan
* Please Note: This is not an inclusive listing of all funding sources that Care Medical & Rehabilitation Equipment participates with. Please call your local Care Medical Representative, as agreements are revised and many funding sources will approve services when prior authorized. Contract list is current as of October, 2006.