Tag: Pedors Shoes
Lymphedema Act expands access, but coverage gap remains
August 29, 2025Tracy Orzel
The Lymphedema Treatment Act (LTA) has opened the door for providers to expand services and reach more patients, but it might not go far enough.
The law, which took effect Jan. 1, 2024, requires Medicare to cover compression garments, wraps and bandages, but not the footwear many patients need to stay mobile.
Positive impact
The act has had a measurable impact: Broadening access for a patient population whose care often involves complex medical histories and overlapping...
Pedors launches ‘umbrella’ directory of foot care professionals
January 24, 2023HME News Staff
MARIETTA, Ga. – Pedors Shoes has launched Let’s Walk, a directory to help patients find a local health care professional that specializes in foot and ankle care, mobility and therapy. “In an era where search browsers monetize search results by returning paid-for page rankings, letswalk.com provides practitioners a complementary tool that lists their services as a foot health care provider specifically targeted to their local patient population – at no charge,” said...
Diabetes market: It's a study in contrasts
April 1, 2019John Andrews
There are few, if any HME product categories as mercurial as diabetes. On one hand, the disease remains prevalent and demand for related products is strong. On the other, difficulty in billing for products such as therapeutic shoes can cause problems for providers serving the market. Ultimately, category specialists say success in this delicate business is possible, but that providers need to look at all dynamics to determine the best strategy for overcoming the market's challenges. To Stephen O'Hare,...
In brief: Apria settles with MassHealth, Trump stalls sleep reg
August 11, 2017HME News Staff
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Apria Healthcare has agreed to pay more than $750,000 to settle allegations that it billed Massachusetts residents for services already covered by MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program.
Under the settlement announced Aug. 9, Apria has agreed to pay $99,008 in restitution and $665,934 in penalties to settle allegations that the company improperly billed consumers between December 2011 and April 2017, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
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Pedors launches footwear program
August 10, 2017HME News Staff
ROSWELL, Ga. - Pedors Shoes has introduced a Geriatric Footwear Program that provides PTs and OTs with a discount code they can share with their patients to help offset the cost of therapeutic footwear. Pedors believes the program can help to address Medicare's broken audit system and the emergence of e-commerce, which it says have driven orthotics fitters and pedorthists out of the market and made it harder for patients to find footwear. “The objective of the program is to keep the cost of...