Hello Paul, The color code escapes me because other than orange and blue, the chux (pads) are identified by a lighter shade. Difference is that one has a plastic liner prohibiting leak through.
Merrill _____ From: Paul Jacobson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:28 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Jim Lubin Subject: [QUAD-L] Why are BLUE Pads better? Why are the blue pads superior to other pads? Mine are orange. Thanks! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Lubin <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Blue Pads At 03:56 PM 2/14/2010, [email protected] wrote: Does anyone know if the blue pads are covered by Medicare? I understand they are not. For the first 15 yrs we were buying blue pads and ky ourselves. Mentioned it to my case manager one day and she said it would be covered by either Medicare or Medicaid with a doctor's order. Sure enough, checked with a local supply company, they contacted my doctor and they have been covering the cost the past 5 years. We use them for bowel program in bed. I get UNDERPAD 23X36 DISP BLUE 10/PK x 6 monthly. We cut them to get more. Also get: 50 CATH SELF 14FR 16" (use to clean and reuse now are covered) 2 KY SURGILUBE LUBRICANT 4.250Z (1 for bowel program, 1 for cathing) 4 GLOVE MED LATEX PF MEDLINE BX/100 EA Whatever Medicare does not cover Medicaid does, zero cost to me. ---- Jim Lubin [email protected] http://makoa.org/jim disAbility Resources: http://www.makoa.org <http://www.makoa.org/>
