دورية أكاديمية
Medicare coverage for vision assistive equipment.
| العنوان: | Medicare coverage for vision assistive equipment. |
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| المؤلفون: | Morse AR; The Jewish Guild for the Blind, New York, NY 10023, USA. armorse@jgb.org, Massof RW, Cole RG, Mogk LG, O'Hearn AM, Hsu YP, Faye EE, Wainapel SF, Jackson ML |
| المصدر: | Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) [Arch Ophthalmol] 2010 Oct; Vol. 128 (10), pp. 1350-7. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: American Medical Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7706534 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1538-3601 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00039950 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Ophthalmol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Chicago, IL : American Medical Association |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Sensory Aids*, Blindness/*rehabilitation , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./*legislation & jurisprudence , Insurance Benefits/*legislation & jurisprudence , Insurance Coverage/*statistics & numerical data , Vision, Low/*rehabilitation , Visually Impaired Persons/*rehabilitation, Activities of Daily Living ; Aged ; Health Promotion ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; Health Services Research ; Humans ; Insurance Benefits/statistics & numerical data ; Middle Aged ; United States ; Vision Screening |
| مستخلص: | Vision loss that cannot be corrected medically, surgically, or by refractive means is considered low vision. Low vision often results in impairment of daily activities, loss of independence, increased risk of fractures, excess health care expense, and reduced physical functioning, quality of life, and life expectancy. Vision rehabilitation can enable more independent functioning for individuals with low vision. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recognizes the importance of rehabilitation for achieving medically necessary goals but has denied Medicare coverage for vision assistive equipment that is necessary to complete these goals, although they provide coverage for assistive equipment to provide compensation for other disabilities. We believe that this is discriminatory and does not comport with congressional intent. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should provide coverage for vision assistive equipment, allowing beneficiaries with vision loss to benefit fully from Medicare-covered rehabilitation to achieve the cost-effective results of these services. |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20101013 Date Completed: 20101027 Latest Revision: 20191210 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.228 |
| PMID: | 20938006 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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