HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
ACEND has been formulated to address the dietary management of Chronic Inflammation.
ACEND offers an advanced approach to enteral nutrition that helps address chronic disease progression and chronic inflammation seen with disease related malnutrition, oncological medical procedures, irritable bowel syndrome, metabolic syndrome, injury, trauma, chronic infection, or post-surgical recovery.
TRILITY is committed to providing health care providers with the tools they need to change the vicious cycle of chronic inflammation in patients worldwide.
As a medical food, ACEND is intended to be taken under the supervision of a physician. As a physician, you recommend taking ACEND to your patient and your patient can then order direct from you, the provider, our website, or any of our authorized 3rd party resellers.
Patients may benefit if they have:
Chronic Inflammation
Oncology side-effects
Compromised Gut Conditions
Compromised Immune system
Viral Infection
Metabolic Disorders
MEDICAID:
- HCPCS code A9153
MEDICARE:
- At this time ACEND is not covered by Medicare
INSURANCE COVERAGE:
- At this time ACEND is not covered by private insurance, unless they specifically cover Medical Foods for a specific medical condition. *Coverage may depend on the insurance provider and plan.
FSA/HSA:
- Talk to your provider about coverage for ACEND.
As the manufacturer, ACEND cannot bill insurance directly.
*Must be used to treat a medical condition and be prescribed by a licensed healthcare professional to treat an illness or condition.
Prescription Example:
- Patient name
- Date of birth
- Diagnosis
- Rx prescription: ACEND Sig: one packet po bid, dispense 180, plus 2 refills.
Letters of Medical Necessity
To make it easy for you, we have created Letter of Medical Necessity templates. Download or show your doctor this template to explain your medical need to your insurance company.
Physician Order Form
To make it easy for you, we have created Physician Order Form
Diagnosis/Reimbursement Code (ICD10)
On the prescription, be sure to include the Diagnosis/Reimbursement Code (ICD10). Below are sample codes:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00 B99) (ACEND is not an anti-viral, yet may help management chronic inflammatory symptoms resulting from viral infection).
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
- E08-E13 Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13)
- E15-E16 Other disorders of glucose regulation and pancreatic internal secretion (E15-E16)
- E40-E46 Malnutrition (E40-E46)
- E50-E64 Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
- E70-E88 Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
o E86 Volume depletion (dehydration)
o E87 Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
o E88 Other and unspecified metabolic disorders
Contact Your Patient Advocate:
Online phone / chat / email service TBD
ACEND Health formulas may be eligible for Medicare, and most Medicaid when prescribed for a covered medical need. As the manufacturer, ACEND Health cannot bill insurance directly, however we are happy to connect you with a home-care company that can.
Please contact coverage@ACENDhealth.com for more information.
Medicare:
- Drinking use:
If you are looking for a formula to drink and are covered by Medicare, we recommend that you purchase the formula on our website.
- Tube feeding use:
ACEND is formulated for oral feeding only and is not formulated for tube feeding.
Explore our resources covering how to get formula for medical use, or for personalized help, contact a ACEND Health patient advocate.
MEDICAID:
- Private insurance & other plans:
We are working with many private insurance companies to get ACEND covered by individual insurance plans. Yet at this time, ACEND is only covered by Medicare, Medicaid and Veteran’s Affairs in these states (link to states). If you live in a state where ACEND is not reimbursed, please contact your local officials and request ACEND to be added to the formulary reimbursement program.
- Letters of Medical Necessity
To make it easy for you, we have created Letter of Medical Necessity templates (link to templates) for each of our products. Download or show your doctor this template to explain your medical need to your insurance company.