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24.5.26.14 Gait Trainers
Gait trainers are devices with wheels used to train clients with ambulatory potential. They provide the same benefits as the stander, in addition to assisting with gait training.
Prior authorization for the gait trainer may be considered with documentation supporting medical necessity and an assessment of the accessibility of the client's residence to ensure that the wheelchair is usable in the home (i.e., doors and halls wide enough, no obstructions) when a physician familiar with the client documents that the client has ambulatory potential and will benefit from a gait training program, and when the client meets the criteria for a stander.
Standers, gait trainers, and parapodiums/standing frames/braces/vertical standers that are covered through THSteps-CCP will not be authorized for a client within one year of each other.
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