Open Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
24 Hour Emergency Service
60 Broadway
Saranac Lake , NY 12983
ph: 518-891-1777
fax: 518-891-4612
Helping you live more independently.
Transport Chairs & Wheelchairs to include:
Standard Weight Heavy Duty Wheelchairs
Light Weight Pediatric Wheelchairs
Walkers, Canes & Crutches
Our rollators will provide you with security and stability. They are lightweight, adjustable for height and easily fold for travel.
Lift Chairs
These lift chairs offer comfort and reliability at a price that you can afford.
Available in standard and extra wide models to make sure that you get a perfect lift chair with incredible support and comfort.
Scooters
Go-Go Travel Scooters disassemble easily and quickly into a few lightweight, easy-to-manage pieces. This makes it easy to take your Go-Go with you on the road and storage is a snap.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
Lift Chairs and Scooters are rarely covered by insurance. They require extensive medical documentation to prove necessity. However, this will depend on your type of insurance.
Wheelchairs are only covered for use within the patient's home. Again medical documentation is required to prove mobility limitations such as:
A. The patient has a mobility limitation that significantly impairs his/her ability to participate in one or more mobility-related activities of daily living (MRADLs) such as toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming, and bathing in customary locations in the home. A mobility limitation is one that:
1. Prevents the patient from accomplishing an MRADL entirely, or
2. Places the patient at reasonably determined heightened risk of morbidity or mortality secondary to the attempts to perform an MRADL; or
3. Prevents the patient from completing an MRADL within a reasonable time frame, and
B. The patient’s mobility limitation cannot be sufficiently resolved by the use of an appropriately fitted cane or walker.
C. The patient’s home provides adequate access between rooms, maneuvering space, and surfaces for use of the manual wheelchair that is provided.
D. Use of a manual wheelchair will significantly improve the patient’s ability to participate in MRADLs and the patient will use it on a regular basis in the home.
E. The patient has not expressed an unwillingness to use the manual wheelchair that is provided in the home.
F. The patient has sufficient upper extremity function and other physical and mental capabilities needed to safely self-propel the manual wheelchair that is provided in the home during a typical day.
G. The patient has a caregiver who is available, willing, and able to provide assistance with the wheelchair.
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60 Broadway
Saranac Lake , NY 12983
ph: 518-891-1777
fax: 518-891-4612