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How to Get a Medicare Wheelchair at Discount?

After publishing the article on wheelchair safety, we understood that lot of people who are interested in buying a new wheelchair might read it. However most motorized wheelchairs are so expensive that not everyone can easily afford to buy one and it can in fact; make many people look for other options instead. There is some hope for people that cannot afford to pay the costs of owning a motorized wheelchair; because Medicare wheelchairs is one way that they can purchase a motorized wheelchair without having to pay the entire cost on their own.

Medicare Wheelchair - Pay Twenty Percent Of The Cost

Medicare wheelchair means that you only pay 20% of the total cost of the motorized wheelchair while the remaining eighty percent is borne by Medicare. What’s more, by having a secondary insurance policy you can even get the insurance provider to pay the remaining twenty percent of the cost of a motorized wheelchair.

However, before you can avail of Medicare motorized wheelchair, you need to be able to fulfill certain eligibility requirements. First off, it is necessary that a disabled person really requires a wheelchair or scooter in order to move about. Your doctor must issue a Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN) to be filed with the claim. Second off, the person must be unable to maneuver a manually operated wheelchair and is therefore forced into using a motorized wheelchair.

Other eligibility criteria that an individual must meet in order to avail of Medicare wheelchair is that he or she is competent enough to operate the controls of such a mobility device. In addition, the individual must also be able to easily as well as safely convey them to and from the wheelchair.

Another eligibility factor that needs to be satisfied in order to get Medicare wheelchair is that the individual must have enough stability in his body to safely ride a motorized wheelchair. Also, the individual must vouch for the fact that they have not, in the past five years, bought a wheelchair for which they have sought for and obtained reimbursement.

Also, Medicare has to be the main insurance carrier when filing your claim initially. In case an individual has already made use of Medicare motorized wheelchair, then when filing a fresh claim, they need to return the existing wheelchair to the company.

To overcome the disadvantage of being stuck on one level (which happens when using a motorized wheelchair) you may also want to find a solution that allows you to go from one level to the next and do it with ease. The motorized wheelchair lift will help you to not have to expend any effort while still allowing you the luxury of being able to go up multiple levels in a building.

For those who are looking for Medicare wheelchair, they will of course only need to pay twenty percent of the total cost of the motorized wheelchair. Other than that, there is one hundred dollars deducted each year on account of Medicare Part B Supplement. Also, the Medicare claim is usually settled within a month, and so, in order to ensure that your claim is passed, you should take the trouble of filling and completing a Medicare pre-approval form well before filing your claim.

Motorized Wheelchair Safety Tips

Couple of days back my neighbor’s mom had an accident from her wheelchair. When we reached the hospital we learned that such cases are not rare and the major cause of such accidents are the lack of wheelchair safety informations available to the user. So, I thought I will publish an article on HealthE Tech on wheelchair safety.
Safety is of great importance to everyone using a motorized wheelchair. A person suffering from poor vision or who is susceptible to sudden seizures or fainting spells is advised not to use such a mobility device. In addition, to ensure proper motorized wheelchair safety, users must make full use of safety belts and straps and there should be at least two straps available – one that straps the occupant to the chair and the other one to secure the upper section of the body to the wheelchair’s backrest.

No Paraplegics

Another aspect to ensuring proper motorized wheelchair safety is that paraplegics should not use such mobility devices and in fact only those who are in good health are fit and active should use a motorized wheelchair. On the other hand, an amputee who has missing arms and/or legs can safely use a motorized wheelchair provided the control devices are made in a manner to facilitate use by such people.

Another aspect to motorized wheelchair safety is ensuring that the motorized wheelchair has mechanically operated brakes that are able to be set and even released by the occupant of the mobility device –whether through hand operation or through dynamic braking.

The configuration of the front wheels is also an important motorized wheelchair safety factor that needs to be addressed seriously. For motorized wheelchairs being used in the outdoors, there is need to have large wheels (powered) in front and at the same time there should never be any free-swinging casters, which are suitable only for indoor use.

There should also be user arm-stabilization, especially when the occupant of the motorized wheelchair has impairment in his or her arms or whose hand functioning is compromised. There should also be safety shut off as well as braking controls provided for users, especially those that need to use mouth, or breath or other type of hand controls.

When traversing slopes and inclines, motorized wheelchair safety is a very important consideration and the user must be made to realize that traveling across an incline is prohibited; rather steering up or down the incline is the proper way to traverse an incline.

The motorized power wheelchair is well suited for outdoor operations; though, before using such a mobility device, ensure that you are belted for safety, and also makes sure to use wheelie bars in case the unit is equipped with them.

Other motorized wheelchair safety issues are those that relate to avoiding obstacles on the ground, keeping batteries fully charged and having a device with which to call for help whenever help is required.

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