4123-6-43 Payment for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators and neuromuscular electrical stimulators.

 

 

 

4123-6-43                    Payment for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators and neuromuscular electrical stimulators.

 

 

 

(A)   Payment will be approved for a transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator (TENS) unit for treatment of allowed conditions in a claim directly resulting from an allowed industrial injury or occupational disease, as provided in this rule and in the bureau's provider billing and reimbursement manual.

 

(1)    Prior authorization may be is required to have a prescribed transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) unit for TENS units and supplies furnished to the claimant. Each A claimant who requires a TENS unit will shall be provided only one TENS unit at a time. For each TENS unit request approved, the unit may shall be rented for a thirty day trial period lasting a minimum of one month but no more than four months before purchase of the TENS unit. This trial period is to evaluate the medical necessity and effectiveness of the TENS treatment. TENS treatment will be discontinued at the end of the thirty day trial period month where the treatment has not proven to be medically necessary or effective. Reimbursement of rental costs will be considered only for the trial period that the TENS unit was actually used before treatment was discontinued. For each TENS unit provided, payment shall be limited to necessary disposable or rechargeable batteries, but not both.

 

(2)   If the rental of the TENS unit is required prior to purchase, The bureau shall apply all rental payments previously made will be applied to the purchase price of the TENS unit. A TENS unit purchased and furnished to the claimant, is not the personal property of the claimant, but remains the property of the bureau, or self-insuring employer, or their agent. At its discretion, the The bureau, or self-insuring employer, or their agent, reserves the right to reclaim and recover the TENS unit from the claimant at the completion of the course of TENS treatment. Once a TENS unit is purchased, the bureau, or self-insuring employer, or their agent, will reimburse for repair or replacement of the unit, at its discretion, upon submission of a request from the physician of record. The request must include or treating provider that includes medical documentation substantiating the continued medical necessity and effectiveness of the unit.

 

(B)Claimants who have TENS units must complete and submit to the TENS provider a monthly written request for specific supplies needed in the following month. The written request must be initiated and signed by the claimant, and must be received by the TENS provider prior to the delivery of supplies and/or equipment. The TENS provider shall then deliver the supplies and bill the bureau, MCO, QHP, or self-insuring employer after the claimant's written request is received. The provider shall retain the original written request for supplies in accordance with the time frames set forth in rule 4123-6-45.1 of the Administrative Code. The bill must indicate the actual date of service, reflecting the date that services or supplies were

 

 

provided. The bureau, MCO, QHP, or self-insuring employer may adjust bills upon audit if the audit discloses the provider's failure to comply with this rule.

(B)(C) The TENS provider shall maintain the following records and make them available for audit upon request:

(1)   The injured worker's monthly written requests;

(2)    Records of the provider's wholesale purchase of TENS supplies or equipment; and,

(3)   Records of delivery of supplies to injured workers and of the delivery or return of TENS units.

Upon request, the provider shall supply copies of the record information to the requester at no cost. Failure to provide the requested records will may result in denial or adjustment of bills related to these records.

(C)(D) Payment will be approved for a neuromuscular electrical stimulator (NMNS) (NMES) unit for treatment of allowed conditions in a claim directly resulting from an allowed industrial injury or occupational disease, as provided in the bureau's provider billing and reimbursement manual.

Effective:                                                     02/01/2010

R.C. 119.032 review dates:                         11/17/2009 and 11/01/2014

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

01/22/2010

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           4121.12, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4123.05

Rule Amplifies:                                  4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.66

Prior Effective Dates:                         2/12/97, 3/1/04