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 ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Juan Turcios <jcd...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 To: OTlist@otnow.com <OTlist@otnow.com> 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? JT> -- JT> Options? JT> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com JT> Archive? JT> www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com