Abantu abakhubazekile futhi abakwazi ukuhamba, noma abakwazi ukuhamba ngaphandle kobunzima, bangase bazuze esikoleni sokuhamba esikhwameni noma esikhwameni sombane. Nakuba izimakethe ze-TV ziphakamisa ukuthi le nqubo iyashesha futhi ayibuhlungu, udokotela wakho uzogcwalisa amaphepha azokusiza ukuba uthole isihlalo samatokisi noma amandla esincane noma ngaphandle kwezindleko, abantu abaningi abakhubazekile nabanakekeli babo bathola ukuthi inqubo ingaba okuningi kunzima.
Inqubo yokugunyaza ngezinye izikhathi idinga ukuhamba eziningana kudokotela noma ochwepheshe futhi ihambisane nemithetho eyinkimbinkimbi ye-Medicare.
Izidingo zemithi
Idivayisi yomuntu yokuhamba ihlanganiswa yi-Medicare "kuphela uma umzuzi enemikhawulo yokuhamba ephazamisa kakhulu ikhono lakhe lokwenza imisebenzi yokuphila kwansuku zonke ekhaya. Uma i-PMD iyadingeka ekhaya, umzuzi angayisebenzisa ngaphandle kwekhaya. "
Izidingo zezokwelapha
Odokotela banomthwalo wokubeka i- scooter noma i-powerchair kubantu abakhubazekile abayidingayo ukuze benze imisebenzi edingekayo futhi yansuku zonke ngaphakathi kwekhaya labo. Lezi zimoto ezihamba ngezimoto zingenza umehluko omkhulu ekuhambeni kwawo, ikakhulukazi uma zingenamandla noma zingenamandla omzimba ophezulu. I-PMDs kumele isetshenziswe ngaphakathi ekhaya, ngakho kufanele ihambisane nayo yonke iminyango neminyango eya ekhaya.
Izidingo ezithile ezidokotela zeCenter for Medicare & Medicaid Services zihlanganisa:
- Ukuhlangana ubuso nobuso nesiguli ukunquma isidingo sezokwelapha se-PMD.
- Ikhophi yamarekhodi okuhlolwa, kanye nekhophi yemithi kadokotela, okuzothunyelwa kumphakeli-kanye nanoma yimaphi amadokhumenti ezokwelapha, uma kunesidingo, ukusekela isicelo se-PMD. Lezi zincwadi kufanele zithunyelwe kumhlinzeki we-PMD zingakapheli izinsuku ezingu-30 zokuhlolwa ubuso nobuso.
- Umthethosivivinywa wekhodi efanele yokuhlola nokuphathwa kokubhekwa ubuso nobuso kanye nezikweletu ezilandelwayo namakhodi afanele ukukhokhisa isikhathi esengeziwe esidingekayo ukuze unikeze ukuhlolwa nemibhalo kumphakeli we-PMD.
Ukuhlolwa kwezidingo zakho zezokwelapha
Kumele uphendule imibuzo ethize ekuxoxweni ubuso nobuso nodokotela. Ngokuqondile, wena noma umnakekeli wakho kufanele uphendule:
- Iyini inselele yokuhamba kwakho futhi iphazamisa kanjani imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke?
- Kungani umhlanga noma uhambahamba angakwazi ukusingatha izidingo zakho zokuhamba?
- Kungani unesihlalo sabakhubazekile esingasetshenziswa ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zakho zokuhamba?
- Ungakwazi yini ukudlulisela uye kusuka ku-PMD futhi uyisebenzise ngokuphepha ngaphakathi kwekhaya lakho?
- Unayo ikhono lomzimba nengqondo yokusebenza i-PMD wena?
Ukuthenga kwe-Po-of-Pocket
Abanye abantu bangase bazuze kuma-PMD kepha bangahlangabezane neziqondiso ezidingekayo zezokwelapha ukuze bathole nge-Medicare.
Ayikho imingcele ekuthengeni i-scooter noma amandla esihlalo esivela kumphakeli uma ufuna ukuyithenga ngaphandle kwe-pocket ngaphandle kokusekelwa yomshuwalense. Abahlinzeki abaningana bobabili ezweni nasemakhaya (ngokuvamile eziseduze nezibhedlela kanye namakhaya asebehlengikazi) bazothengisa ama-PMD kunoma ubani futhi abanye abathengisi bathengise amamodeli asetshenzisiwe noma asetshenzisiwe ngezintengo ezincishisiwe kakhulu.
Amamodeli asetshenzisiwe angathengiswa njengo-noma noma ngewaranti elinganiselwe. Amamodeli ase-PMD asetshenzisiwe angatholakala nasezikhangisweni zephephandaba kanye nezinye izikhangiso zendawo ezifanayo ku-intanethi.
> Imithombo
> I-Medicare Ukuphakama kwamadivaysi okuhamba ngamandla (i-Pmds): Izihlalo zamagumbi ezinamavili kanye nemishini esebenzayo yamandla (ama-Povs). 2017. Iwebhu.