I was on a feeding tube for two years. I didn't see much activity on my Medicare statement until recently. Then there were mistakes and wrong codes. But it did show up from the provider "Apria" then it was billed to my secondary and then I got a small co-pay. But watch out if you get a big bill and make sure it was coded correctly. Some of my nutritional supplies were coded as "home surgery" LOL go figure. Well that's not something I'm insured for and Apria wanted full payment from me because insurance rejected it. After a ton of phone calls it was discovered the coding was wrong.

It is my understanding they have up to one year to apply for payment and that the insurance company could take several months after that to make payment then several months before you ever see it on a statement.

I had 10 cases left over because as I was weaning myself off the tube I was told I HAD to keep ordering the prescribed amount even though I only needed half. And they wonder why Medicare has financial problems!!!

I have been off my tube since Dec 08 and the billing is still not finalized, mostly because of the coding issue.