What Medicare will and won't pay is based on many factors. For example:
Is the patient under the care of an MD
Is an established plan of care in place
Is the treatment medically necessary
In general I say "yes", Medicare will pay for a home evaluation.
Ron
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Ron Carson MHS, OT
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From: Juan Turcios <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subj: [OTlist] Home Safety Evaluations
JT> Hello all again. I recently saw a thread that you guys were talking about
JT> home safety evaluations and the difficulties setting up a practice and
JT> getting reimbursed.i was under the impression that medicare paid for home
JT> safety evaluations. Does anyone have information in this regard?
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