COPD · Pinnie
Your Pinnie advocate handles the oxygen orders, the inhaler refills, and the pulmonary rehab so you can save your energy for things you actually want to do. Covered by Traditional Medicare.
Most patients pay nothing out of pocket.
Covered by Traditional Medicare
Joan M.
Registered Nurse, BSN · 24 yrs
Specialties
Experience
Joan has spent twenty-four years in nursing, including time on respiratory and rehab floors. She knows what a stable COPD week should feel like, when symptoms warrant a same-day call to the pulmonologist, and how to keep the medications and therapy plan working together.
David L.
Experienced Care Navigator · 22 yrs
Specialties
Experience
David has spent twenty-two years inside Medicare. He knows the rules for oxygen coverage in detail, including the qualifying tests, the right CPT codes, and the vendors that deliver without a fight. He handles the prescription, the prior auth, and the vendor coordination.
Tanya M.
Pulmonary Registered Nurse · 14 yrs
Specialties
Experience
Tanya is a pulmonary RN with fourteen years on respiratory floors and outpatient pulmonology clinics. She has helped hundreds of patients build flare-up action plans that actually work, and she calls the pulmonologist when something needs to change. She is calm in a crisis.
How Pinnie works
Every Pinnie advocate is a registered nurse, licensed social worker, or experienced care navigator. They handle your care directly: scheduling, prior auths, appeals, and coordinating between providers. A supervising physician backs them up for clinical oversight.
Step 1
Tell us about your condition and your insurance. We pair you with an advocate whose background fits your situation. Most patients are matched within a day.
Step 2
Call your advocate directly. They know your case the moment you pick up. No phone tree, no transfers, no callbacks.
Step 3
Your advocate handles the appointments, the prior auths, the appeals, and the calls. As long as you need help, they are on it. Covered by Traditional Medicare.
Ready when you are
A licensed Pinnie advocate can be on your case today. Covered by Traditional Medicare.
How we help with COPD
COPD care is part medication, part equipment, part early detection. Your Pinnie advocate handles the equipment chain, the medication schedule, and the early warning system so the bad days are fewer and shorter.
Stories from our patients
Member stories. Some details changed for privacy.
Medicare denied my oxygen. My advocate got the right test ordered, refiled the claim, and had a unit at my house in two weeks.
Catherine, 73 · Long Island, NY
Pulmonary rehab changed my life and I had no idea Medicare paid for it. My advocate found a program five minutes from my apartment and got it approved.
Lawrence, 75 · Rochester, NY
When I felt a flare-up starting, my advocate had me on the phone with the pulmonologist the same morning. New prescription, no ER visit.
Mildred, 65 · Syracuse, NY
My inhalers cost a fortune at one pharmacy. My advocate moved my prescription to a covered alternative. Same medication, fraction of the price.
Eugene, 78 · Westchester, NY
Your advocate is a licensed nurse, social worker, or care navigator. Covered by Traditional Medicare.
From our advocates
Oxygen and nebulizers are heavily regulated by Medicare, with strict rules about qualifying tests and documentation. Most denials come from missing paperwork, not actual ineligibility. Your advocate makes sure the qualifying test is ordered, the order is written correctly, the prior auth is approved, and the vendor delivers on time. They also handle replacements when equipment fails.
A COPD action plan is only useful when it tells you what to do at the moment a symptom changes. Your advocate sits with you and your pulmonologist to build a plan that lists the specific symptoms that trigger which response: rescue inhaler, oral steroids, antibiotics, or a same-day visit. Then they write it down, tape it to the fridge, and check on it every visit.
Pulmonary rehab is one of the most underused covered benefits for COPD patients. Your advocate gets the order written, the prior auth approved, and a covered program scheduled at a location that works for you. When insurance moves to cap visits, your advocate has documentation ready and files the appeal before the program ends. The benefit stays available.
COPD medications are expensive and easy to miss. Your advocate keeps a master list, coordinates refills with your pharmacy, and watches for cheaper covered alternatives. When a new specialist adds a medication, your advocate checks for interactions and confirms the dose makes sense. The pharmacy stops being your second job.
Frequently asked
Pinnie is covered by your Traditional Medicare plan, the same way your doctor visits are covered. Medicare pays us to help you navigate your care, so there is no extra charge to you. No hidden fees, no surprise bills.
Get matched with a Pinnie advocate today.
Covered by Traditional Medicare
