Guidelines  Used  by  The  Center  for  Hyperbaric  Medicine

                  The  Center  for  hyperbaric  Medicine  currently  only
                  treats  those  diagnosis  recognized  by  the 

                  Undersea  and  Hyperbaric  Medical  Society.

                  Medicare, Medicaid, and  most  health  insurers  and

                  managed  care  plans  recognize  hyperbaric  oxygen

                  as  medically  appropriate  therapy  for  the  thirteen

                  qualifying  indications  listed  below.  For  insurance  to

                  reimburse  for  hyperbaric  oxygen  treatments,  HBO

                  must  be  part  of  a  clinically  acceptable  plan  for

                  emergent  or  adjunctive  treatment  of  an  indicated 

                  condition. These  indications include :      

·         acute carbon monoxide intoxication

·         decompression illness

·         gas embolism

·         gas gangrene

·         acute traumatic peripheral ischemia

·         crush injuries

·         suturing of severed limbs

·         progressive necrotizing infections

·         acute peripheral arterial insufficiency

·         preservation of compromised skin grafts

           (or    flaps)

·         chronic refractory osteomyelitis

·         soft tissue and osteoradionecrosis

·         cyanide poisoning

·         actinomycosis (refractory)

                Private health care providers often pattern their policies

                on HBO therapy reimbursement from those established

                by Medicare. Occasionally, however, private health

                insurance carriers have authorized reimbursement for

                HBO treatments that are not strictly within the Medicare

                guidelines. The  Center  for  Hyperbaric  Medicine  

                participates  in  many  healthcare  plans  and  will  work  

                with  you  and  your  healthcare  insurer  to obtain  the  

                necessary  approval  for  HBO  therapy  whenever  it  is

                medically  appropriate  treatment  for  your  diagnosis.  

                Providing  documentation  demonstrating  that  HBO

                therapy  can  significantly accelerate the rate of healing

                (or contraction) of  complex  wounds  or  can  reduce  

                the  costs  of  surgical  management,  increases  the

                likelihood  of  private  healthcare  insurers  reimbursing

                the  costs  related  to  hyperbaric  oxygen  treatments.

                For  information  about  clinical  trials,  other  experimental  

                disorders  treated  with  HBO,  and   nearby  facilities 
                providing  therapy,  please  follow   the  "learn  more"   
                link  below. 

                      
                    Learn  More  about  Clinical Trials in  HBO

                    Learn  More  about  Investigational  Treatment  Facilities