Medical equipment guides
Plain guides to home medical equipment for people with Medicare. Coverage rules, local prices, and the facts behind each brand, with sources.
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- Continuous glucose monitorsHow a glucose monitor works and who Medicare covers. See what you pay in your ZIP code. Then see how Dexcom, Libre, MiniMed and Eversense differ.
- Sleep apnea machinesHow CPAP machines work and how Medicare covers them. Learn the 12-week trial, the 4-hour rule and the 13-month rental. Then see how the main brands differ.
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- Oct 25, 2026
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Sources (32)
- Medicare Coverage Database: Glucose Monitors, LCD L33822 (revision effective 10/01/2024) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Medicare Coverage Database: Glucose Monitor Policy Article A52464 (revision effective 02/18/2025) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Medicare.gov: Continuous glucose monitors (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Dexcom: Dexcom G7 overview (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Dexcom: How is Dexcom G7 15 Day different from Dexcom G7? (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Dexcom: Can I calibrate Dexcom G7? (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Dexcom: Dexcom G6 CGM system (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Abbott: FreeStyle Libre important safety information (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Abbott: FreeStyle Libre 3 system (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Abbott: FreeStyle Libre 2 system (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Medtronic: Simplera Sync sensor for the MiniMed 780G system now FDA approved (April 18, 2025) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Medtronic: FDA approval of Simplera CGM (August 7, 2024) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- MiniMed: Get to know the Simplera Sync sensor (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Senseonics: Eversense 365 receives FDA clearance (September 17, 2024) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Transportation Security Administration: Disabilities and medical conditions (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Medicare Coverage Database: Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, LCD L33718 (revision effective 01/01/2024) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Medicare.gov: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- FDA: Recalled Philips ventilators, BiPAP machines, and CPAP machines (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- FDA: Activities related to recalled Philips ventilators, BiPAP and CPAP machines (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- FDA: Federal court enters consent decree against Philips Respironics (April 9, 2024) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Philips: Respironics frequently asked questions, as of 10 February 2026 (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- FDA: Do you need a device that claims to clean a CPAP machine? (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- ResMed: AirSense 11 user guide (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- ResMed: AirSense 11 AutoSet (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- ResMed: AirMini (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- React Health: Luna G3 CPAP device (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- React Health: Luna G3 Bilevel 25A device (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- React Health: Luna PAP devices, frequently asked patient questions (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare: CPAP devices (US) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare: Sleep apnea products (US) (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare: F&P Nova Micro mask (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)
- Transportation Security Administration: Nebulizers, CPAPs, BiPAPs and APAPs (retrieved Oct 25, 2026)