Get a Belt Cane
THE MEDICALLY NECESSARY MOBILITY TOOL FOR TODDLERS WITH A MOBILITY VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR BLINDNESS
Purchase a Belt Cane
Order by 1PM Pediatric Belt Cane ships same day!
First-time Belt Cane user? Please fill out an intake form (here) and we will contact you for Belt Cane size support. The fit of the Pediatric Belt Cane needs to be snug around the waist like a belt, and reach out two-steps ahead of the child with a mobility visual impairment or blindness for detection and protection.
Already know your size? (Here is a reminder of how to measure)
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Schools and Agencies Pediatric Belt Cane Purchase
Safe Toddles is the sole source for Pediatric Belt Canes. We accept purchase orders and will provide a price quote or any other paperwork needed by your school or agency before purchase of a Pediatric Belt Cane. Please click on the button below to begin the process of obtaining Pediatric Belt Canes for your students with a mobility visual impairment or blindness.
Belt Canes are a Medical Necessity
Children's hospitals, residential schools, agencies, school districts and individual therapists bill Medicaid insurance to cover the Pediatric Belt Cane because it is a medical necessity for learners with a MVI/B to walk. Individuals submit their paperwork through local durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers (e.g., National Seating and Mobility).
How to submit letters of medical necessity to durable medical equipment suppliers,
Step 1. Measure the child for the Belt Cane and send the size and letter of medical necessity (LMN) to your assistive technology professional (ATP) at your local DME. Find an example of that letter using the button below.
Step 2: The DME company sends the order to their doctor to sign off on and then sends that and the LMN to a state Medicaid reviewer for approval. Relevant billing code have allowed billing full price of the Belt Cane is E1399, miscellaneous code.
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Step 3: Once the DME company receives an approval letter from Medicaid that they would pay for the belt cane, the DME company orders the belt cane. They submit the order for reimbursement on their end.
Step 4: The Belt Cane gets delivered to the DME company, and then they call the patient for delivery.
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