Elevated Vacuum Technology considered to be Experimental/Investigative
Schwelke, Eric
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Elevated Vacuum Technology considered to be Experimental/Investigative
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Schwelke, Eric
Date:
3/20/2014
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Can anyone direct me to any Randomized Controlled Studies that have been published for elevated vacuum that show the technology to be beneficial? They need to be just that: Randomized Controlled Studies.
Aetnas' Medical Policy states that Elevated Vacuum is an Experimental/Investigative technology and they will not pay for L5781/L5782.
Aetnas' Medical Director told me their Clinical Policy Committee last reviewed all the available research on elevated vacuum technology in October 2013 and because they did not find any Scientific Randomized Controlled Study/Studies, they still consider this technology to be Exp/Invest.
All the best,
Eric Schwelke CPO LPO, Director
Kessler O & P Services
11 Microlab Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
973 992 9700 Ext 201
Direct Fax: 717 635 3920
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Can anyone direct me to any Randomized Controlled Studies that have been published for elevated vacuum that show the technology to be beneficial? They need to be just that: Randomized Controlled Studies.
Aetnas' Medical Policy states that Elevated Vacuum is an Experimental/Investigative technology and they will not pay for L5781/L5782.
Aetnas' Medical Director told me their Clinical Policy Committee last reviewed all the available research on elevated vacuum technology in October 2013 and because they did not find any Scientific Randomized Controlled Study/Studies, they still consider this technology to be Exp/Invest.
All the best,
Eric Schwelke CPO LPO, Director
Kessler O & P Services
11 Microlab Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
973 992 9700 Ext 201
Direct Fax: 717 635 3920
Success in Motion
________________________________
Note: The information contained in this message may be
privileged and confidential and protected from
disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the
intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible
for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you
are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution
or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error, please
notify us immediately by replying to the message and
deleting it from your computer. Thank you.
Citation
Schwelke, Eric, “Elevated Vacuum Technology considered to be Experimental/Investigative,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/236138.
