DME Capped Rental and Oxygen Clock
When a Medicare DME rental ends.
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Example
- Item type
- Capped rental item (for example, a hospital bed or wheelchair)
- Delivery date
- 2026-01-15
Result: Title passes to the patient on February 15, 2027, the first day after 13 continuous paid rental months from delivery on January 15, 2026 (42 CFR 414.229(f)).
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What you enter
- Item type
- Delivery date (YYYY-MM-DD)
- Last day of use before a break (YYYY-MM-DD)
- Day use resumed (YYYY-MM-DD)
- Written order: beneficiary name or MBI on it
- Written order: general description of the item on it
- Written order: quantity to be dispensed on it (or not applicable)
- Written order: order date on it
The other 4 fields
- Written order: treating practitioner name or NPI on it
- Written order: treating practitioner signature on it
- Item on the CMS Required Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List
- Date the supplier received the written order (YYYY-MM-DD)
How this is calculated
Citation
42 CFR 414.229(f): capped rental title passes the first day after 13 continuous paid months; 414.226: oxygen rental for at most 36 months, then furnished through the useful lifetime (414.210(f): at least 5 years); 414.230: a break up to 60 days plus the rest of the rental month is temporary. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.