Wheelchairs
for Best Mobility
Wheelchair Medicare Coverage
Medicare can help you purchase a wheelchair in such conditions, wherein you are bed-ridden or chair
confined, and that you need a wheelchair to move around and perform your daily chores, but not as a luxury item. To avail the facility,
your physician is required to give a Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN) to be filed with the claim. The coverage for electric scooters is
covered only if they are ordered by a physician who is one of the following specialists: Orthopedic Surgery, and Neurology or
Rheumatology. And, all wheelchairs can be ordered by any physician.
Medical Record
In order to substantiate your medical condition, your medical record
must contain sufficient papers to be eligible for a wheelchair. The
record should comprise of the diagnosis, the details of the health
condition for which the wheelchair is recommended, nature and extent of
functional limitations, etc. A copy of the Certificate of Medical
Necessity (CMN) should also be included in the medical records. In case
if Medicare asks for more information, then you are required to provide
for approvals.
The Wheelchair Dealer
The role
of the wheelchair dealer or supplier is that they need to cross-check
your information for accuracy and authenticity and make sure that
Medicare's guidelines and met by your records. In case the information
provided is proved to be fraudulent, then the claim will be denied by
Medicare and the supplier/dealer may have to absorb the dollar cost of
part or the entire wheelchair. Usually Medicare responds within 30 days
of papers submission.
Wheelchair Medicare in Home
Medicare
pays for a wheelchair when needed for home use only to increase your
mobility around the house.
Medicare
for Wheelchair payment
Once you
have made the choice of your manual wheelchair, most of the time ten
monthly rental payments are made by Medicare for the purpose of renting
it. Once you choose to purchase one, Medicare will make three more
rental payments (13 total rental payments). You are responsible for the
20% coinsurance amount and, for unassigned claims, the balance between
the Medicare allowed amount and the supplier's charge for the
wheelchair. If you select this option, you own the wheelchair and are
responsible for the maintenance.
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Medicare
for Renting Wheelchairs
At the time
of choosing to continue with renting of wheelchair with the supplier,
Medicare makes total of 15 rental payments. You are responsible for the
20% coinsurance amount unassigned claims, the balance between the
Medicare allowed amount and the supplier's charge. The wheelchair
remains yours to use as long as you medically need it; however, the
supplier maintains title and ownership of the wheelchair. The supplier
is also responsible for the maintenance of the wheelchair.
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