Medicare, power wheelchair and KAFO
Ingvar
Description
Collection
Title:
Medicare, power wheelchair and KAFO
Creator:
Ingvar
Date:
3/21/2013
Text:
Good morning, everyone.
We all know by now, that should we have a Medicare amputee Pt. with
power wheelchair or oxygen supplies, they are considered non-to-very-low
ambulatory and pretty much non-prosthetic candidates. From local
experience, same goes for DSHS ones.
Does the same principle apply to KAFO patients? I have an MS patient
that will 100% benefit from a light weight KAFO, but it all came to a
halt, as her clinic is setting her up with a power wheelchair. She's
Medicare and DSHS 2ry. She wants the device.
Thoughts? We are in region D, if it makes any difference.
Sincerely yours and grateful for responses
Igor Lesko, LPO
PMI O&P
Seattle, WA
We all know by now, that should we have a Medicare amputee Pt. with
power wheelchair or oxygen supplies, they are considered non-to-very-low
ambulatory and pretty much non-prosthetic candidates. From local
experience, same goes for DSHS ones.
Does the same principle apply to KAFO patients? I have an MS patient
that will 100% benefit from a light weight KAFO, but it all came to a
halt, as her clinic is setting her up with a power wheelchair. She's
Medicare and DSHS 2ry. She wants the device.
Thoughts? We are in region D, if it makes any difference.
Sincerely yours and grateful for responses
Igor Lesko, LPO
PMI O&P
Seattle, WA
Citation
Ingvar, “Medicare, power wheelchair and KAFO,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/234852.
