shoes
Joan K. Cestaro
Description
Collection
Title:
shoes
Creator:
Joan K. Cestaro
Date:
4/28/2002
Text:
Dear list,
We recently sent one of our long-term technicians to school for
pedorthics and will have him take over the majority of our shoe related
services. We will enact some changes to our recent policy for providing
shoes through Medicare's Therapeutic Shoe Bill. We currently have a
pretty open policy and as we all know, this is such a huge money loser.
Many facilities do not even offer this service anymore. The only way to
actually turn a profit with these meager reimbursements is to stock an
inexpensive black shoe. We have been looking at many different styles
trying to find one that meet the needs of the majority of our patients.
We currently use PW Minor shoes and they are about double the cost of
some others on the market.
We are not looking for the cheapest available, but would like a cheaper
alternative to PW Minor. The ACOR line of off the shelf shoes are the
ones we like the best so far. They have triple inserts for added depth
and a great toe box shape. They are pretty basic in styling and should
be cosmetically acceptable to most patients. What style of orthopedic
off the shelf shoes are you using and (most importantly) WHY DID YOUR
FACILITY CHOOSE THAT PARTICULAR SHOE? I am most interested in the WHY
part of this question. Thanks in advance.
Joan K. Cestaro, C.P.
RPI- Winchester VA
We recently sent one of our long-term technicians to school for
pedorthics and will have him take over the majority of our shoe related
services. We will enact some changes to our recent policy for providing
shoes through Medicare's Therapeutic Shoe Bill. We currently have a
pretty open policy and as we all know, this is such a huge money loser.
Many facilities do not even offer this service anymore. The only way to
actually turn a profit with these meager reimbursements is to stock an
inexpensive black shoe. We have been looking at many different styles
trying to find one that meet the needs of the majority of our patients.
We currently use PW Minor shoes and they are about double the cost of
some others on the market.
We are not looking for the cheapest available, but would like a cheaper
alternative to PW Minor. The ACOR line of off the shelf shoes are the
ones we like the best so far. They have triple inserts for added depth
and a great toe box shape. They are pretty basic in styling and should
be cosmetically acceptable to most patients. What style of orthopedic
off the shelf shoes are you using and (most importantly) WHY DID YOUR
FACILITY CHOOSE THAT PARTICULAR SHOE? I am most interested in the WHY
part of this question. Thanks in advance.
Joan K. Cestaro, C.P.
RPI- Winchester VA
Citation
Joan K. Cestaro, “shoes,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/218923.
