GOVERNMENTAFFAIRS
S.3067 - Promoting
Access to Diabetic
Shoes Act
115th Congress (2017-2018)
https://www.congress.gov/
bill/115th-congress/senate-
bill/3067/text
This is a crucial Act in reforming who is
qualified to sign a Statement of Certifying
Physician when providing shoes and inserts to
patients suffering from the effects of diabetes.
The intention of this Act is to amend the
clause in the Social Security Act Section 1395x
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where it defines what constitutes a physician
as it relates to reimbursement by Medicare for
treatment of patients. See the law at:
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UNITED STATES CODE
http://uscode.house.gov/
view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20
section:1395x%20edition:prelim
Part (r) defines a “physician” as a doctor of
medicine or osteopathy. Part (s), (12), (A) talks
about the specific requirements about what
the physician must document. This is done as
the Statement of Certifying Physician. (C) in
that same paragraph states who is allowed, and
not allowed, to fit and furnish the shoes. The
paragraph appears as shown here; a
On June 14, 2018, Senator Sherrod Brown and
Senator Susan Collins introduced bill S.3067,
The Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act,
in the United States Senate. The link to the Bill
is here;