Department of Human Services Designated Exceptional Durable Medical Equipment

The Department of Human Services' (Department) is required to publish an annual list of exceptional Durable Medical Equipment (DME) in the Pennsylvania Bulletin in July of each year for nursing facilities Statewide. ''Exceptional DME'' is defined as DME that has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and is either Specially Adapted DME or other DME that is designated as exceptional DME by the Department annually by notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. ''Specially Adapted DME'' is DME that is uniquely constructed or substantially adapted or modified in accordance with the written orders of a physician for the particular use of one resident, making its contemporaneous use by another resident unsuitable.

Public Comment

Interested persons are invited to submit petitions for the Department to consider additions to the exceptional DME list or written comments regarding these designated DME items to the Department of Human Services, Office of Long-Term Living, Bureau of Policy Development and Communications Management, Attention: Benjamin Spager, P.O. Box 8025, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8025 or at RA-PWOLTLNFPUBLICCOM@pa.gov. Comments received within 30 days will be reviewed and considered.

For more information, please review the July 4, 2026, edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.