Email Your Legislators SB 1015 is a So Every BODY Can Move bill and if passed, would require all individual and group health insurance policies regulated by state law cover orthotic and prosthetic devices intended for physical activity for enrollees of all ages.
HB 6100, if passed, would require that Medicaid rates for custom orthotic and prosthetic devices be increased.
SB 173, if passed, would require that Medicaid rates of reimbursement are increased to corresponding Medicare rates of reimbursement for health care professionals, including orthotists and prosthetists.
SB 162, if passed, would require that Medicaid rates of reimbursement for DME, including orthotics and prosthetics supplies, are equal to 100% of the corresponding, non-rural Medicare payment rates, that annual increases in rates are made to equal any increase in the consumer price index, that Medicaid rates be increased for services covered by Medicaid but not Medicare, and that any covered equipment, supplies, or technology that doesn’t have a set reimbursement rate be paid at a certain level.
Here is a link to our Connecticut O&P Action Center, which holds links to all of these email-writing campaigns. It just takes a few moments to let state legislators know you support these bills!