US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 20, § 50.1
Payment for Replacement of Capped Rental Items
A3-3629
Effective May 1, 1991, if a capped rental item of equipment has been in continuous use
by the patient, on either a rental or purchase basis, for the equipment's useful lifetime or
if the item is lost or irreparably damaged, the patient may elect to obtain a new piece of
equipment. The MAC determines the reasonable useful lifetime for capped rental
equipment but in no case can it be less than five years. This is a different requirement
from that in the following section about prosthetic devices that are not capped rental.
Computation of the useful lifetime is based on when the equipment is delivered to the
beneficiary, not the age of the equipment. If the patient elects to obtain a new piece of
equipment, payment is made on a rental or purchase basis.
History
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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