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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nStep 1: Get a prescription for the lift chair<\/a> from your doctor or physician. This often requires an in-person or face-to-face visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 2: Your physician has to fill the special form provided by your provider. If your provider hasn’t sent this form to your physician, you’d have to take it with you. This form contains questions about your health or medical condition which will help determine the medical coverage you qualify for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You must keep some things in mind if you must qualify for the seat lift mechanism. They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n i.\tThe person must be suffering from severe arthritis of the knee or hip. The beneficiary may also be suffering from a severe neuromuscular disease. This will usually be determined by your doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii.\tThe seat lift mechanism must be included in the treatment plan by the doctor as a means of improving the beneficiary’s health condition or lowering the progression of the ailment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii.\tThe beneficiary must be incapable of standing up from a regular armchair or any chair in the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv.\tWhen the user stands, he or she must be able to walk even if it requires using a walker or cane. It is important to state that Medicare will not cover the cost of the lift chair<\/a> if the beneficiary resides in a hospice or skilled nursing facility. Also, if Medicare foots the bill of a manual wheelchair, power wheelchair, or scooter, it will make the user ineligible for Medicare coverage for a lift chair.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 3: As soon as your physician sends the appropriate medical information to your provider, the next step is to select a lift chair<\/a>. As soon as you take possession of the lift chair, the claim will be submitted to Medicare by your provider on your behalf.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Medicare usually covers the cost of the motorized portion of the lift chair. A person qualified for this should expect Medicare to cover up to 80% of the approved amount for the motor. The user will have to pay for any deductible amounts or co-pay or the upholstery or furniture portion of the chair. Follow… Continue reading STEP BY STEP CONSUMER GUIDE TO MEDICARE COVERAGE FOR LIFT CHAIRS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonmedicalrental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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