Medicare Reimbursement - Payment Criteria for Lift Chairs

For lift chairs, Medicare will only cover the seat lift mechanism, but not the actual chair itself. The reimbursement amount is roughly $300 depending on the state in which the patient is located. A lift chair would be considered medically necessary if all of the following coverage criteria are met:

• The patient must have severe arthritis of the hip or knee, or have a severe neuromuscular disease.
• The seat lift mechanism must be a part of the physician's course of treatment and be prescribed to effect improvement, or arrest or retard deterioration in the patient's condition.
• The patient must be completely incapable of standing up from a regular armchair or any chair in their home.
• Once standing, the patient must have the ability to walk.

By Medicare standards, the fact that a patient has difficulty or is even incapable of getting up from a chair, particularly a low chair, is not sufficient justification for a seat lift mechanism. Almost all patients who are capable of ambulating can get out of an ordinary chair, if the seat height is appropriate and the chair has arms. Medicare requires that the physician ordering the seat lift mechanism must be the attending physician or a consulting physician for the disease or condition resulting in the need for a seat lift.

To offer you the best quality lift chairs at an affordable price we do not bill Medicare. However, you can download a Medicare Certificate of Medical Necessity form.

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