Once again, something that may shield them from injuries, life-threatening infections, emergency amputations, and loss of walking ability.
According to 2021 statistics, the average cost of healing a venous leg ulcer is $10,000 per instance, compared to $60 for preventive stockings.
Neuropathic ulcers typically cost $8,000 to repair, and if complications develop, the cost may potentially exceed $45,000 in 2021, compared to $300–$500.
The issue of being refused is not limited to curative therapies. Additionally, it is the preventive ones.
19. The admissions clerk attempted to inform insurance that their 80-year-old patient need stair training.
“A skilled nursing facility (inpatient rehab for elderly) employs me in admissions. In order to help a woman in her mid-80s regain her independence after a knee replacement.
I once requested a permission for her to spend a week in rehabilitation. To enter her house, she had to be able to walk five steps.
She was unable to do anything at the moment. Because she could walk 50 feet—the typical length of a house—with a walker, her insurance rejected her.
When I attempted to explain that she needed to be able to climb stairs, they essentially said that she could sit on her butt and slide up the steps without paying for stair training.
