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Did you know? Patients who received orthotic or prosthetic services have lower or comparable Medicare costs than patients who need, but do not receive, these services. According to a recent study, Medicare could experience 10 percent savings ($2,920 less) for those receiving lower extremity orthoses and comparable payments for patients receiving spinal orthoses and lower extremity prostheses. Taxpayers end up paying more over the long term in most cases when Medicare patients are not provided with replacement lower limbs, spinal orthotics, and hip/knee/ankle orthotics, according to major new study commissioned by the Amputee Coalition and conducted by Dr. Allen Dobson, health economist and former director of the Office of Research at CMS (then the Health Care Financing Administration). |
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