The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seems to be focusing a significant amount of energy on undermining the expeditious delivery of appropriate prosthetic devices to many of its Medicare beneficiaries with amputations. Instead, I suggest that CMS embarks on a more positive agenda by taking a lead from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Since 2010, the VA has allocated up to $8 million annually toward its Adaptive Sports Grant (ASG) Program to fund the expansion and establishment of programs nationwide that encourage veterans and service members with disabilities, including those with limb loss, to participate in a variety of adaptive sports as part of a multifaceted rehabilitative effort. CMS could adopt a similar initiative for its Medicare beneficiaries with amputations by funding local, regional, and national programs that support increased activity levels among our civilians with amputations.
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