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New Medicare Coverage for Advanced Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Power Wheelchairs
Description
In recent months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors have been broadening coverage of advanced assistive devices and technologies, giving beneficiaries with disabilities increasing access to clinical care. Join Prateek Grover, MD, PhD, MHA, FAAPMR and Peter Thomas, JD, to learn how these recent actions by CMS are positively impacting patients and the physicians who serve them.

This webinar will:
  • Detail new Medicare coverage policies of advanced O&P and DME care
  • Answer coding, coverage, and payment questions
  • Describe additional efforts necessary to effectuate access to care
  • Discuss the impact on payers other than Medicare so all patients benefit

New Medicare Coverage, Coding, and Payment policies to be discussed include:
  • Micro-processor Prosthetic Knee Expansion to Limited Community Ambulators with Limb Loss
  • Clarification that Powered Orthoses are included as covered Orthotics
  • New Coding for Bone-Anchored Prostheses (Osseointegration)
  • New Coverage for Seat Elevation in Power Wheelchairs
Summary
Availability: No future session
Cost: FREE
Credit Offered:
1 CME Credit
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