This essential guide for amputees helps to walk patients through the healthcare process, how they need to be more involved in their healthcare to advocate for themselves and their prosthetist, and what to expect as it relates to coverage, reimbursement, and denials. Get this guide today to help educate your patients so they can help you!

This magazine is broken into four sections of information for amputees including: Be Your Own Advocate, Private Insurance, Government Programs, and Helpful Information for Appeals/State Studies.

Be Your Own Advocate
How to Be a Good Advocate
How to Appeal a Denial for Payment of a Prosthesis
The Medicare Appeal Process
Insurance Fairness for Amputees
My State Has Fair Insurance for Amputees - Now What?

Private Insurance
Claims Process for Prosthetic Devices
How to get the Prosthesis You Want and Need
A Basic Understanding of Your Insurance Plan
What Is a K-Level?
Health Insurance Coverage for Amputees and Their Families

Government Programs
A Summary of Government Health Programs
Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP and ACA (Obamacare)
The Medicare Program
Rehabilitative and Habilitative Services and Devices
Process for Medicaid Eligibility
Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services
Applying for Social Security Disability Benefits After Limb Loss
Medicaid Buy-In

Helpful Information for Appeals/State Studies
New Study Confirms Cost-Effectiveness of Prosthetic Devices
Colorado State Study: Prosthetic and Orthotic Adult Benefit
Colorado State Study: Key Findings as Reported by the Amputee Coalition
State Summaries: Making the Case for Insurance Fairness

2014, 8 1/2" x 11", Paperback, 98 pages. No ads.