CG-DME-23 Lifting Devices for Use in the Home

This policy addresses home-use lifting devices, including hydraulic/mechanical patient lifts and multi-positional transfer systems. A hydraulic or mechanical lift is medically necessary when all criteria are met: it is used to transfer between a bed and a chair/wheelchair/commode/shower chair, transfers cannot be done independently and require more than one person, the individual would be bed-confined without a lift, and periodic movement is needed to improve or prevent deterioration. Electric lift mechanisms are not medically necessary, and any lift or multi-positional transfer system is not covered when the above criteria are not met.

"A hydraulic or mechanical lift is consideredmedically necessaryfor an individual whenallof the following criteria are met:When it is used for the transfer of the individual between a bed and a chai..."

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