Medical equipment through Medicaid and Medicare can be ordered at Med Sklep, a Polish medical supply store in Brooklyn that also supplies Healthfirst, Amerigroup and Wellcare plans and handles Workers’ Compensation. The store helps check eligibility for no-cost or low-copay equipment. Your plan and your doctor’s prescription decide coverage.
The cost of medical equipment can come as a shock, especially when you need it on short notice. Not everyone realizes that some of these expenses may be covered by a public program, a health plan or workers’ compensation insurance.
Med Sklep works with Medicaid and Medicare, is a supplier for Healthfirst, Amerigroup, Wellcare and other plans, and handles Workers’ Compensation. The store helps figure out whether, in your case, the equipment can be provided at no cost or with a low copay.
What does coverage for medical equipment depend on?
Every program and every plan has its own rules. It is the plan or the insurer that decides whether a given item is covered and to what extent, and the starting point is a doctor’s prescription. The store cannot make that decision for the plan or promise an outcome in advance.
What matters most is the type of program or plan, your doctor’s recommendation, and whether the patient meets the requirements of their coverage. That is why two people whose doctors recommended similar equipment can get different answers.
How Med Sklep helps you check eligibility
Checking eligibility is the first step before the equipment arrives at the patient’s home. The store helps determine whether the plan can cover the item being ordered and whether the patient will owe anything out of pocket. The goal is to get the equipment at no cost or with the lowest possible copay.
For older adults and their families, it matters that the conversation happens in Polish. Insurance paperwork can be confusing even for people who are fluent in English, and at Med Sklep you can go over it in your own language.
You can ask about coverage for a hospital bed for home care, for example. We cover that kind of equipment in more detail in our guide to hospital beds and home care equipment.
Healthfirst, Amerigroup, Wellcare and other health plans
In addition to Medicaid and Medicare, Med Sklep is a supplier for health plans including Healthfirst, Amerigroup and Wellcare. The list doesn’t end with those three names; the store works with other plans as well.
If your plan isn’t listed here, the easiest way to find out is to ask the store whether it accepts it. You can check by calling 718-388-3355 before you come in.
Workers’ Compensation: equipment after an injury on the job
Med Sklep also handles Workers’ Compensation, the insurance that covers employees who are injured at work. This applies when medical equipment is needed because of an on-the-job injury.
Here too, coverage is decided by the insurance carrier handling the claim, and the starting point is a doctor’s order. The store helps check how that works in your particular situation.
What equipment can you ask about?
Med Sklep carries wheelchairs (including power wheelchairs), mobility scooters, walkers, hospital beds with lifts, oxygen concentrators, nebulizers, incontinence supplies, and orthopedic and diabetic footwear, among other items. For any of these products, you can ask whether funding through a program or plan is an option in your case.
The store is located at 188 Woodpoint Rd #1C in Brooklyn and is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We write more about the move from Roebling Street and the product selection in our article on the medical supply store in Brooklyn.
Full contact details are available in Med Sklep’s profile on PolishPages.
About Med Sklep — a Polish medical and rehabilitation supply store (M.A. Surgical Supplies Inc.) at 188 Woodpoint Rd #1C, Brooklyn, NY 11211. It works with Medicaid, Medicare, health plans and Workers’ Compensation, with service in Polish. Phone: 718-388-3355.
This article is for informational purposes only and is not medical or insurance advice. Coverage for equipment is decided by your health plan or insurer, based on a doctor’s prescription. Every case is different — please contact Med Sklep about your situation.
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