State Department of Health Care Services & DME Managed Care Units State Medicaid DME Prior Authorization Request / Certificate of Medical Necessity 42 CFR § 440.70 · State Medicaid Medical Policy Manuals

State Medicaid DME Prior Authorization Request / Certificate of Medical Necessity Instructions: Medicaid Durable Medical Equipment (DME): Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) & Wheelchair Prior Authorization

“Medicaid denied my Continuous Glucose Monitor (Dexcom/Freestyle Libre) or custom wheelchair as 'not medically necessary'. How do we appeal?”

Official Procedural Summary & Rules

Overturning Medicaid DME denials requires a Certificate of Medical Necessity with concrete clinical logs demonstrating standard alternatives fail to meet medical needs.

Key Statutory Rules & Exceptions

For CGMs, medical charts must document daily multiple insulin injections or frequent dangerous hypoglycemic events. • For wheelchairs, a specialized physical therapist evaluation (wheelchair seating clinic report) is mandatory to justify custom configurations. • Requesting a State Fair Hearing within 10 days of a reduction notice allows you to keep existing medical supplies under Aid Paid Pending rules.

Official Procedural Sequence

Obtain clinical chart notes from specialist Submit Certificate of Medical Necessity File State Fair Hearing request within deadlines

⚠️ Administrative Traps & Rejection Triggers

Submitting a simple one-line prescription pad slip instead of a multi-page clinical justification narrative.

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Under 42 CFR § 440.70 and federal Medicaid EPSDT provisions, detail DME appeals: (1) Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN) and detailed physician prescription; (2) Overcoming "Not Medically Necessary" denials with blood glucose testing logs proving severe hypoglycemia unawareness or multiple daily insulin injections; (3) Custom mobility seating evaluations by licensed physical therapists (PT/OT); (4) State Medicaid Fair Hearing statutory rights within 90 days; (5) "Aid Paid Pending" continuation of existing equipment during active appeals.

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