Re: "off the shelf orthotics"

Terry Supan

Description

Title:

Re: "off the shelf orthotics"

Creator:

Terry Supan

Date:

11/26/2003

Text:

Buck and everyone else, this language is taken directly from HR. 1.
 Like most people, the federal statutes use the term orthotics when
they mean orthoses.

(C) OFF-THE-SHELF ORTHOTICS- Orthotics (described in section
1861(s)(9)) for which payment is otherwise made under section 1834(h)
which require minimal self-adjustment for appropriate use and does not
require expertise in trimming, bending, molding, assembling, or
customizing to fit to the patient.

During the Negotiated Rulemaking Meetings, CMS staff had a very good
understanding of the difference between orthoses that came strait out of
the box and required no fitting expertise and orthoses that required the
bare minimum of a Registered Fitter. The key in the language is the
terms self-adjustment and trimming, bending, molding, assembling, or
customizing.

Terry Supan, CPO, FAAOP
(and one of the members of NRM committee)

<Email Address Redacted> wrote:

>What is this term and what does this represent? It seems this is a generic
>term that could be construed by Medicare to mean anything. Is there any
>clarification of this term yet? Is this official terminology? If so, is there a
>definition yet or when will there be one?
>Buck Toenges C.O.
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Citation

Terry Supan, “Re: "off the shelf orthotics",” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221989.