Medicare patients should be able to receive a no-cost falls risk assessment by a trained falls expert. With passage of new legislation, they can!
Representatives Carol Miller and Melanie Stansbury have introduced the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly (SAFE) Act (H.R. 7618). If passed, the bill would provide Medicare beneficiaries who have fallen in the past year an annual falls risk assessment by a physical or occupational therapist at no cost to them.
Please urge your House Representative to become a co-sponsor of this important legislation!