Re: USA billing - covered???
Ted Trower
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Title:
Re: USA billing - covered???
Creator:
Ted Trower
Date:
11/6/2002
Text:
At 07:51 AM 11/4/02 -0600, you wrote:
>The overwhelming response to my question concerning medicare coverage
>for prosthetic treatment when the patient has a medicare covered power
>wheel chair ------ no! Medicare feels as though the power chair is
>indicative of a patient who has given-up the possibility of ambulation
>and no coverage is provided.
>
>Thanks to all who jogged my memory.
>
>Gordon Bass CPO
Does this rule apply equally to trans-tibial amputees? Or is it only
applicable to trans-femoral amputees?
Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Jackson, Michigan, USA
www.amputee.com
>The overwhelming response to my question concerning medicare coverage
>for prosthetic treatment when the patient has a medicare covered power
>wheel chair ------ no! Medicare feels as though the power chair is
>indicative of a patient who has given-up the possibility of ambulation
>and no coverage is provided.
>
>Thanks to all who jogged my memory.
>
>Gordon Bass CPO
Does this rule apply equally to trans-tibial amputees? Or is it only
applicable to trans-femoral amputees?
Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Jackson, Michigan, USA
www.amputee.com
Citation
Ted Trower, “Re: USA billing - covered???,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220089.
