Yes back braces are covered by medicare medicaid and private insurances under durable medical equipment dme.
Medicare approved back support system.
Your doctor must prescribe the brace as medically necessary.
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Contacted phone number 866 526 4274 and spoke with a gentleman whose name i don t know and when he asked me for my medicare number i told him that i would need to contact medicare and my insurance company to make sure that i should give out this information because.
The process is simple dds acts to provide traction between the lower part of the ribcage and the upper part of the hip creating weight bearing forces away from the lower back.
They re calling running television ads and mailing letters to get people to give their medicare information.
The new disc disease solutions brace dds provides the standard support of a traditional back brace but has the added benefit of decompressing the spinal discs.
This means that back pain sufferers with medicare plans can now use their plans to receive their own dr.
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Ho s decompression back belt is now approved by medicare and will be launching in the united states in april 2012.
You wish to provide services to beneficiaries but do not want to bill medicare for your services.
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Scammers have been targeting medicare recipients with a scheme to get free or low cost back and knee braces.
Usually medicare will pay 80 of allowable charges for your back brace and you pay 20 plus any unpaid part b deductible provided that your doctor accepts medicare assignment and your medical device supplier participates in the medicare program.
In order to get your back brace covered by your insurance you will first have to get a prescription from your physician.
Can csa medical supply bill my insurance for my back brace.
You re a health care provider who wants to bill medicare for your services and also have the ability to order and certify.
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But if you give them your information they ll use it to fraudulently bill medicare for braces or other medical.
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You don t want to bill medicare for your services but you do want enroll in medicare solely to order and certify.