>
>  I believe any signatures required are only a matter of the mother's
> insurance company's rules.
>

    Mothers can obviously buy any breast pump if they pay out of pocket,
without anyone's approval.

 Where I work, once a mother delivers a baby, the insurance company has a
> record of that, and a mother can request a "back-to-work" pump without a
> specific order.  If a mother needs a hospital grade rental pump for
> specific breastfeeding problems, we do need an provider signature (nurse
> practitioner, CNM, MD, DO, etc)-- but that's just the way the insurance
> company/health maintenance organization set it up.


I also suspect that any restrictions on who can sign is a CYA move to avoid
any liability or "prevent overuse" of the pump benefit.

Any required signatures are NOT a government regulation. Here's info about
breast pumps as required by the Affordable Care Act.
https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/breast-feeding-benefits/

Susan Lawrence, RN, IBCLC, LLLL
Berkeley, CA

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