The beneficiary must pay the remaining 20 plus the cost of the seat portion of the lift chair.
Seat lift mechanism chair.
Patient lifts aetna considers patient lifts e g electric hoyer hydraulic medically necessary dme if transfer between bed and a chair wheelchair or commode requires the assistance of more than 1 person and without the use of a lift the member.
1 the beneficiary must have severe arthritis of the hip or knee or have a severe neuromuscular disease.
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Therefore medicare will reimburse individuals for the cost of the lift chair mechanism in the lift chair.
Lift chairs may be listed as seat lift mechanisms in medicare s list of durable medical equipment or dme.
Medicare part b generally only covers dme you get from an approved supplier enrolled in medicare.
Does the patient have a severe neuromuscular disease.
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Excluded from coverage is the type of lift which operates by a spring release mechanism with a sudden catapult like motion and jolts the patient.
A seat lift mechanism is covered if all of the following criteria are met.
The doctor who prescribes lift chairs must also accept medicare assignment.
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Coverage is limited to the seat lift mechanism even if it is incorporated into a chair.
The recliner does not as it has no medical purpose.
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Can i use any medicare approved lift chair supplier.
Because of that lift chairs qualify as dme.
The seat lift mechanism must be a part of the treating practitioner s course of treatment and be prescribed to.
Answer questions 1 5 for seat lift mechanism check y for yes n for no or d for does not apply oy o n o d.
Part b will cover the actual seat lift mechanism only.
Seat lift assist chairs for elderly chair lift assist devices bed rails cane grab bar for bed handicap accessories stand mobility aids for recliner couch sofa safe support handle.
2 the seat lift mechanism must be part of the physician s course of treatment and be prescribed to effect im provement or arrest or retard deterioration in the patient s condition and 3 the patient must be completely incapable of standing up from a regular armchair or any chair in their home.
To be considered medically necessary equipment a doctor must indicate the chair for the patient s specific health condition.
Also because of that only the lifting mechanism of the lift chair qualifies as dme.
Once the lift chair gets approval medicare covers 80 of the lifting mechanism.