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7 Elements Of A Power Mobility Prescription

Published on Thu Aug 18, 2005

Though much remains murky about the interim final rule for power mobility, suppliers now have some firm answers to the question of what constitutes a legitimate prescription.
 
At the Sept. 13 special Open Door Forum on the rule, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said though the prescription does not have to be on any sort of standard form, it does have to contain the following elements:
 
1. The beneficiary's name;
 
2. The date of the face-to-face exam;
 
3.  The diagnosis that the device is expected to modify;
 
4. A description of the item;
 
5. The length of need;
 
6. The physician's signature; and
 
7. The date the prescription was written.
 
CMS officials cautioned suppliers against providing pre-printed forms to physicians, because such forms would raise kickback concerns. But collaborating on a form would be OK, they said.

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