Medicare & new prostheses
Stephan Manucharian
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Title:
Medicare & new prostheses
Creator:
Stephan Manucharian
Date:
11/9/2005
Text:
Dear List
A patient contacted me who was fitted for a prosthesis 3 months ago by
another company. Evaluation revealed unacceptable fit of socket. Patient
does not want to go back to the original provider due to poor service. Does
anybody from Medicare Region A have experience in dealing with such
situation? Questions: I'd rather fit the patient with a new prosthesis vs a
new socket for liability reasons, since I did not make the original
prosthesis. Will Medicare pay? If not, then the only solution might be to
replace the socket. In this situation do you address the liability issue in
any way?
Thank you.
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Stephan R. Manucharian, CP
Orthopedic Arts
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-858-2400; Fax: 718-858-9258;
<Email Address Redacted>
A patient contacted me who was fitted for a prosthesis 3 months ago by
another company. Evaluation revealed unacceptable fit of socket. Patient
does not want to go back to the original provider due to poor service. Does
anybody from Medicare Region A have experience in dealing with such
situation? Questions: I'd rather fit the patient with a new prosthesis vs a
new socket for liability reasons, since I did not make the original
prosthesis. Will Medicare pay? If not, then the only solution might be to
replace the socket. In this situation do you address the liability issue in
any way?
Thank you.
--
The content of this communication is for exclusive use of the addressee and
may contain confidential, privileged and non-disclosable information. If the
recipient of this communication is not the addressee, such recipient is
strictly prohibited from printing, photocopying, saving on any media,
distributing or otherwise using the information contained herein. If you
received this communication in error, please contact the sender by e-mail,
fax or telephone and destroy this document.
Stephan R. Manucharian, CP
Orthopedic Arts
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-858-2400; Fax: 718-858-9258;
<Email Address Redacted>
Citation
Stephan Manucharian, “Medicare & new prostheses,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225721.
