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Originally Posted by Bob.Kerns
There are many, many studies on mortality and morbidity when people lose the ability to leave their homes. The Medicare position is I believe financially irresponsible.
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Yes, they should provide more than the bare minimum.
I could understand them being willing to provide a scooter, but not a Segway, however, as Segways are a lot more costly. (Unless someone's disabilities made it so a Segway was the only one they could use.) They might argue they have a bigger learning curve (which may not be true, but they would say it), and they wouldn't understand how safe a Seg is.
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Originally Posted by Bob.Kerns
DME actually means "durable medical equipment", and is defined in the Medicare law (Title XIX -- yes, I had to look that up!), and refers to the equipment rather than the provider
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The providers are commonly referred to as DMEs though. Misuse of terms/abbreviations happens a lot.