Pedicures - Page 5

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@CelticCrafter wrote:
@AuntMame wrote:
If you're not diabetic Medicare will still pay for pedicures at a podiatrist's office, but only every six months. That's what my mom's podiatrist told me.

If you're diabetic Medicare will pay for one a month.
Unless they're coding it differently, that's not true, it's every 61 days..

Yes. It is indeed ever 60 or 61 days.

Trailrun23 · ‎05-31-2022

I used to get pedicures, but after two friends got staph infections from two different nail salons, I have been reluctant to get them again. One of the friends ended up in the hospital for four days. I will prob do them myself until spring when I start wearing sandals again. I am pretty particular about having nice toes when I am showing them to the world!

Trix · ‎03-16-2010

@AuntMame wrote:
@Trix wrote:
Your health insurance (including Medicare) will also pay for pedicures if you have other foot ailments that can be relieved with pedicures. In these cases, as with the diabetics, the pedicure is considered to be a medical necessity and not cosmetic. Because I have medical issues in both feet and deformities in my toes (no nails for one thing), I can have pedicures covered by Medicare as long as it's done at the podiatrist's office. That said, I don't mind buffing and exfoliating my own feet and mostly take care of them at home.
Can I ask about how much you pay in copays, Trix? My elderly mom is in a long-term care facility. Her feet are a mess, like medical-textbook-picture-crazy-looking, so I've told them to have the visiting podiatrist give her a pedicure every month. She's not diabetic. After Medicare pays its share the bills have ranged from $10 to $45. It's always totally baffling to me since it seems like the podiatrist performs the same procedures every time (removal of corns, growths, etc). But Medicare has long ago stopped making sense to me.

@AuntMame I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. I was on a brief January retreat. Concerning my co-pays, mine are zero. I have supplemental insurance to accompany regular Medicare and whenever Medicare approves a service, that coverage picks up the co-pay. As stated throughout the thread, however, Medicare supplemental and Medicare Advantage (part C) plans can vary in what is covered and how much is paid.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

If a person isn't diabetic, are there any situations where a pedicure would be covered by insurance?

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

During Covid, when my husband wasn't able to get foot care at the VA, I took him to the shop where I go to have his toenails cut. He enjoyed the foot soak, foot massage and the lotion on his legs!

BoopOMatic · ‎06-08-2021

@SilleeMee wrote:
Never had one in my life. I've always done my own foot grooming as well as my own fingernails. I cut my own hair, too. I just don't like people touching me.

Ditto

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

The less attention drawn to my feet, the better - I trim my toenails myself. Plus, I have peripheral neuropathy so no flip flops or slip-on sandals for me anyway. 👣

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@Tinkrbl44 Medicare does not cover pedicures at all.

It does cover toenail clipping and treatment for corns and calluses for those with diabetes under certain conditions from a medical professional.

If you are not diabetic, nail clipping would not be a covered service for most.

My father had polio, Both of his legs and feet were affected. When he was old, he received foot care by a podiatrist and it was covered by Medicare. His feet were very severely deformed. That was a rare exception. He was not diabetic.

Sometimes a Medicare Advantage will cover routine foot care, but traditional Medicre will not.

AuntMame · ‎10-16-2010

@Trix wrote:
@AuntMame wrote:
@Trix wrote:
Your health insurance (including Medicare) will also pay for pedicures if you have other foot ailments that can be relieved with pedicures. In these cases, as with the diabetics, the pedicure is considered to be a medical necessity and not cosmetic. Because I have medical issues in both feet and deformities in my toes (no nails for one thing), I can have pedicures covered by Medicare as long as it's done at the podiatrist's office. That said, I don't mind buffing and exfoliating my own feet and mostly take care of them at home.
Can I ask about how much you pay in copays, Trix? My elderly mom is in a long-term care facility. Her feet are a mess, like medical-textbook-picture-crazy-looking, so I've told them to have the visiting podiatrist give her a pedicure every month. She's not diabetic. After Medicare pays its share the bills have ranged from $10 to $45. It's always totally baffling to me since it seems like the podiatrist performs the same procedures every time (removal of corns, growths, etc). But Medicare has long ago stopped making sense to me.

@AuntMame I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. I was on a brief January retreat. Concerning my co-pays, mine are zero. I have supplemental insurance to accompany regular Medicare and whenever Medicare approves a service, that coverage picks up the co-pay. As stated throughout the thread, however, Medicare supplemental and Medicare Advantage (part C) plans can vary in what is covered and how much is paid.