UE question
Rick
Description
Collection
Title:
UE question
Creator:
Rick
Date:
4/14/2015
Text:
Hello All,Especially UE specialists... how often can a person using their Medicare benefits receive a new AE prosthesis?
This fella received a 70 thousand dollar dust collector--- myo AE in 2011. Tried to return it within the 1st 90 days d/t ill fitting/painful socket & his inability to get the myo to work. He was told each time he tried to return it: work with for a while, you'll get it! Meanwhile the company made him a free conventional arm to use for his farm work! Then magically the 90 day warranty period was up! Yep, gotta love corporate prosthetics!
I digress. The last conventional arm was billed & covered in the early 90's, so I'm thinking he's good to go for a conventional arm (?). Yes, he is still farming, wears his conventional arm all day everyday, it is worn out & he's lost enough muscle mass so that the socket fit is horrendous.As always,Thank you for the inputRick Rick Milen, CPO, LPO, PTA
NEXSTEP, Inc.
Prosthetic Specialists
West Lawn, PA & ZOMBIE BUCK DESIGNZBernville, PA
This fella received a 70 thousand dollar dust collector--- myo AE in 2011. Tried to return it within the 1st 90 days d/t ill fitting/painful socket & his inability to get the myo to work. He was told each time he tried to return it: work with for a while, you'll get it! Meanwhile the company made him a free conventional arm to use for his farm work! Then magically the 90 day warranty period was up! Yep, gotta love corporate prosthetics!
I digress. The last conventional arm was billed & covered in the early 90's, so I'm thinking he's good to go for a conventional arm (?). Yes, he is still farming, wears his conventional arm all day everyday, it is worn out & he's lost enough muscle mass so that the socket fit is horrendous.As always,Thank you for the inputRick Rick Milen, CPO, LPO, PTA
NEXSTEP, Inc.
Prosthetic Specialists
West Lawn, PA & ZOMBIE BUCK DESIGNZBernville, PA
Citation
Rick, “UE question,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/237231.
