Medicare diabetic FOs
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Medicare diabetic FOs
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Hello List
I am evaluating the various ways we fabricate diabetic custom foot orthoses
with respect to the Medicare thickness specifications. Typically we begin with
a foam laminate of some kind and add a layer of cork for firmness and to be
ground in as posting, arch filler, etc. The cork does not extend to the end of
the foot. I am assuming that the foam laminate is the baselayer to which the
specification applies, and not the cork. Is this the conventional wisdom?
Tom Heckman CO
I am evaluating the various ways we fabricate diabetic custom foot orthoses
with respect to the Medicare thickness specifications. Typically we begin with
a foam laminate of some kind and add a layer of cork for firmness and to be
ground in as posting, arch filler, etc. The cork does not extend to the end of
the foot. I am assuming that the foam laminate is the baselayer to which the
specification applies, and not the cork. Is this the conventional wisdom?
Tom Heckman CO
Citation
“Medicare diabetic FOs,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/224547.
