Custom Shoes Medicare

Chris

Description

Title:

Custom Shoes Medicare

Creator:

Chris

Date:

1/14/2004

Text:

List,

Can anyone clarify the new rules regarding the frequency that someone
may receive custom molded shoes.

We have a patient that requires custom molded diabetic shoes and he is
active enough that he would destroy 2 -3 pair per year. I recently
heard that medicare is mandating that an orthosis under 5 years old
could not be replaced, but had to be repaired. How may this apply to
shoes? This gentleman has medicare as his primary and blue cross as his
secondary insurance. My bottom line question is how many pairs of shoes
may this man get within a certain time frame. How many? How often? We
cannot seem to find this information in medicare manuals or on the
website. Thank you. I'll summarize and post the responses. (by the
way we are in region B if that makes a difference.)



Chris Fairman CPO

Great Lakes Prosthetics & Orthotics

3075 Clark Rd. Suite 100

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

734-528-5200

                          

Citation

Chris, “Custom Shoes Medicare,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222288.