Does Medicare Pay For Bathroom Safety Equipment
Those with part c may have some help paying for the cost of grab bars.
Does medicare pay for bathroom safety equipment. You need to pay 20 of the cost of the equipment approved by medicare. If you have original medicare you will likely pay 20 of the medicare approved amount for the equipment. Medicare won t usually pay for grab bars even if they re a necessary bathroom safety device.
Part b pays for 80 of medical equipment for more mobile individuals so long as they reside in a personal home that is not a nursing home. However medicare will not cover grab bars non slip mats bath lifts shower chairs transfer seats or raised seats for the toilet as it doesn t consider these to be medically necessary but instead medicare views them as comfort. Medicare covers bathroom safety devices that are medically necessary not the equipment that is for comfort.
However medicare does not generally consider bathroom aids such as grab bars to be covered durable medical equipment. As long as the equipment is purchased from an approved supplier medicare will pay 80 of the allowable amount with the balance payable by the user or other insurance. However not all the costs related to bathroom equipment is covered by medicare.
Contact your plan directly to ask about the cost of dme. If you are enrolled in a medicare advantage ma plan you will have at least the same coverage but many ma plans offer additional benefits. Original medicare will cover walkers crutches and commode chairs which can all be used as bathroom safety equipment to help diminish the risk of falling.
