Jurisdiction D DME MAC Medical Review Department completed a widespread prepayment probe review of spinal orthoses L0631 and L0637. The L0631 review involved 101 claims of which 96 were denied, resulting in an overall error rate of 96%, while the…
Day: February 25, 2013
Shoe orthoses reduced diabetes-related amputations
Long-term use of shoe orthoses significantly reduced diabetes-related amputations, according to study results recently presented at the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics World Congress in Hyderabad, India. Researchers studied 114 Swedish patients with diabetes and a risk of developing…