Ordering guide
How to order wound care supplies with Scotts
What happens between the first call and the first delivery, what your prescriber has to document, and how resupply runs afterward. Written for patients and the people helping them.
Key takeaways
- Three things have to line up: a need, a prescriber’s order, and documentation in your chart. We handle the third with your prescriber so you do not have to.
- We verify coverage before anything is delivered and tell you what your plan says your share is.
- Resupply runs on the policy’s schedule, tracked by us and confirmed with you before each shipment.
How it works, step by step
- Tell us what you need. Call (800) 304-7030, start in the order wizard, or have your clinician send a referral with the documents attached. If you already use a product, the manufacturer code on the box is the most useful thing you can give us: it settles size, style and fit without guesswork.
- We verify your benefits first. Medicare Part B, Florida Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and most commercial plans. Before anything ships you hear what the plan covers and what your share is, and if it is not covered we say so and quote a private-pay option instead.
- We collect the order and the documentation from your prescriber. For wound care supplies that usually means:
- A written order specifying the dressing type, size and change frequency
- Wound documentation from the treating clinician — location, type, stage or grade, measurements, and exudate level. Surgical dressing coverage under Medicare is tied directly to this documentation
- Whether the wound is surgically created or debrided (this affects coverage for surgical dressings)
- Updated measurements as the wound changes — plans reassess quantities against current wound size
- Delivery or shipping. Delivered and set up across South Florida, or shipped across Florida, with the instructions you need and a phone number for the questions that come later.
- Resupply, if it applies. Supplies that recur are tracked on the policy’s schedule. We check in before each shipment; nothing ships that you did not ask for. How automatic resupply works.
What Medicare looks for
Surgical dressings is covered under Medicare policy LCD L33831, Surgical Dressings. In plain words, the chart has to show this: The record must show a qualifying surgical or debrided wound and document location, size, depth, drainage, dressing size, change frequency and number of wounds. Non-impregnated gauze may be needed as a cover or primary dressing. tape is separately payable only to hold a non-bordered cover/roll gauze, never with an adhesive-bordered dressing. Do not combine hydrating and absorptive dressings on the same wound. The diagnoses it names include non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, pressure ulcer, diabetes with skin complications, varicose veins of lower extremity with ulcer, varicose veins with ulcer and inflammation. How often the policy allows a replacement depends on the item: monthly, ongoing; up to 3 per week.
Negative pressure wound therapy is covered under Medicare policy LCD L33821, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps. In plain words, the chart has to show this: Wound measurements must be recorded at the start and monthly thereafter or coverage stops. reassess monthly. Refill contact must be affirmative and supplies are limited to one month at a time. The diagnoses it names include pressure ulcer, non-pressure chronic ulcer, diabetic skin ulcer, disruption of surgical wound. Resupply under the policy is monthly, ongoing.
Policies change and plans differ; the link above is the current text. We do not publish allowances or quantity limits here because the number that applies to you depends on your plan and your chart. Ask us and we will tell you yours.
Products people order
The manufacturers’ own photographs, shown under our dealer agreements. Pick one to check coverage and order it; sizes and pack counts come next.
McKessonElastic Net Tubular Retainer Dressing, 6"x 25 yards, Size 1 - finger/toe/wrist
Derma Sciences Inc.Surgilast® Tubular Elastic Dressing Retainer, 6 7/8"
3M™Tegaderm™ Foam Adhesive Dressing, 5 5/8" x 5 5/8"
ConvaTecExtra Thin Dressing – 4" x 6" Sterile
ConvaTecSterile Dressing – Square, 6" x 6"
3M™Micropore™ Paper Surgical Tape, white, 1/2" x 10 yardsAll wound care & dressings product families
Brands we carry
3M, Smith & Nephew, Mölnlycke, Medline, McKesson, Kendall, Covidien, DermaRite, Derma Sciences, Crawford Healthcare.
Questions people ask
Why does my plan want wound measurements?
Can you supply what the wound clinic ordered, exactly?
Do you supply negative pressure wound therapy?
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About this guide
This is general information written to be useful, not medical advice, and it is not a coverage determination. It does not replace what your own clinician has told you about your own situation — where the two differ, follow your clinician.
We deliberately publish no prices, allowables or fee-schedule figures. Those vary by plan, state and year, and a stale number is worse than none. Call (800) 304-7030 and we will verify your actual benefit.
Not sure where to start?
Call us and tell us what happened — a surgery, a new diagnosis, a discharge date, a supply you keep running out of. We will tell you what is usually needed, check your benefits, and ask your prescriber for the order if you do not have one yet.
