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Eric, what in the world does the new APMA email mean:
In the article, CMS first noted that Medicare does not cover so-called "routine" foot care such as the cutting or removal of corns and calluses, the trimming, cutting, clipping, or debriding of nails, and other hygienic and preventive maintenance care such as cleaning and soaking the foot, use of skin creams to maintain skin tone of either ambulatory or bedfast patients, and any other service performed in the absence of localized illness, injury, or symptoms involving the foot.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is over half of our income.
In the article, CMS first noted that Medicare does not cover so-called "routine" foot care such as the cutting or removal of corns and calluses, the trimming, cutting, clipping, or debriding of nails, and other hygienic and preventive maintenance care such as cleaning and soaking the foot, use of skin creams to maintain skin tone of either ambulatory or bedfast patients, and any other service performed in the absence of localized illness, injury, or symptoms involving the foot.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is over half of our income.