Medicare Coverage For Mobility Scooters And Power Wheelchairs

Medicare and Insurance companies will cover the expense of a new power wheelchair.  Up to 80%  if you meet certain criteria. Some companies like spinlife.com will help with  the medicare billing process but the criteria remain the same for all.

First of all, you will need a Doctor’s Prescription. Your Physician must state that you have a need for mobility in your home. That you are bed ridden and not capable to maneuver your home without the help of a mobility aid. Medicare or your Insurance company is not going to pay for a device just so you can get around outdoors. It must not be for mere convenience or recreational use. “You must have a physical need for the mobility chair in your home.”

Further requirements include that you are fully capable of operating the scooter safely on your own. A Doctor’s assessment to determine “ability to operate” is needed.

You must be “mentally capable” to operate such equipment. Also, a Doctors assessment to determine ability to operate is needed.

Clear or corrected vision is obviously important in the operation of these scooters and power wheelchairs. Make sure to have your Doctor include this in his assessment for a mobility chair.

Your home must be capable of allowing a chair movement to have any effectiveness at all. It is not going to help you to get a chair that has no room to maneuver. They come with some pretty concise controls allowing you to spin on a dime but you will still need to arrange the furniture.

Mobility Scooters and Power Wheelchairs are a great advantage for those whom need them to keep up in a busy world. Allowing access and freedom to an independent lifestyle.

Your Doctor is the best one to help in the process. He is the one that will make the determination as to your mobility needs. So needless to say the better you get along with them the more likely your Medicare or Insurance will pick up the 80%.