This is my first post, although I have been enjoying Lact-Net for some time.
I'm a professor of nursing in a university nursing program and have a
perinatal specialist certification.

I personally had to exclusively pump x 6 wks for my first child.  The
insurance company initially turned down my request for reimbursement of pump
rental fees, but did come through when presented with a doctor's
prescription for my infant to receive EBM.

I have had success in assisting other Moms to receive insurance coverage for
long-term pump rental.  I ask the Mom to get a written prescription from the
infant's doctor that the infant was "to be fed using the infant's mother's
expressed breast milk".  A note acknowledging that the duration of pumping
anticipated would require use of a hospital quality breast pump can be
added.
Hope this is useful information.
Catherine Hoe Harwood, RN, BSN, MScN
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