← Return to 7% Saline Prescription and Medicare Part B payment quandry

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@sueinmn

Here is the official Medicare Part B information on saline.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/7-saline-prescription-and-medicare-part-b-payment-quandry/?pg=1#comment-803092
It's a tough slog to read your way through this, but worthwhile if you want the saline covered in the long term. I believe that the trick might be to get your doc to prescribe a nebulizer, to be secured through Medicare from your pharmacy (I KNOW Walgreens carries the one they cover.) That opens the Part B account, then the scrips are covered through Part B.

Different people make different decisions - some choose to go with GoodRx or pay out of pocket, others push through and get Medicare to cover it. Sometimes you need to change pharmacies - not all have Part B contract with Medicare.

Sue

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are you saying Medicare is paying for your sodium chloride?

Sue,
Can you ask your pharmacy what two code numbers they used?
Thanks,
Harry

Just to add to your information, I recently read that CVS will no longer bill Medicare Part B for drugs. Donna T