Re: "off the shelf orthotics"
Terry Supan
Description
Collection
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.
>
>
>
>
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.
>
>
>
>
Citation
Terry Supan, “Re: "off the shelf orthotics",” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221989.
