level playing field update
Thomas G. Trudell
Description
Collection
Title:
level playing field update
Creator:
Thomas G. Trudell
Date:
12/20/2005
Text:
I just wanted to update the list on why this question came up. I found on
the Medicare website a geographical list of providers for prosthetics. When
I went there I found the 3 local O&P facilities as well as this rehab
center. So I called them anonymously and asked if they provided 'artificial
limbs', the representative told me that they did. I then asked who the
prosthetist was and she transferred me to the head of nursing services who
told me that they did not provide prostheses but provided rehab for
amputees. I asked who they would recommend that I go to. She said the
name of 1 facility and that if they couldn't do it that they would tell me I
could go to obtain one. I have done in-services for this rehab facility and
they have not had any problems with what little work I have done for their
patients. Because they were listed as a provider on the Medicare website
and used a call based on this to refer to only one facility, I questioned
the level playing field.
Thomas G. Trudell, CPO
the Medicare website a geographical list of providers for prosthetics. When
I went there I found the 3 local O&P facilities as well as this rehab
center. So I called them anonymously and asked if they provided 'artificial
limbs', the representative told me that they did. I then asked who the
prosthetist was and she transferred me to the head of nursing services who
told me that they did not provide prostheses but provided rehab for
amputees. I asked who they would recommend that I go to. She said the
name of 1 facility and that if they couldn't do it that they would tell me I
could go to obtain one. I have done in-services for this rehab facility and
they have not had any problems with what little work I have done for their
patients. Because they were listed as a provider on the Medicare website
and used a call based on this to refer to only one facility, I questioned
the level playing field.
Thomas G. Trudell, CPO
Citation
Thomas G. Trudell, “level playing field update,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225854.
