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#SFHS2610120AInclusion of DREEFT Wheelchair Wheels with Integrated Braking System in Reimbursable Products List

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law adds the DREEFT wheelchair wheels with an integrated braking system to the list of reimbursable medical products in France. It affects wheelchair users who need additional brake assistance due to medical conditions. The wheels must be prescribed by specific medical professionals and come with a two-year warranty.

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Key Changes

  • Addition of DREEFT wheelchair wheels to the reimbursable products list
  • Prescription required from specific medical professionals
  • Two-year warranty and specific pre-installation guidelines

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Only physicians with a DES in physical medicine and rehabilitation (MPR), or equivalent DIU in rehabilitation medicine with professional experience in MPR, or physicians with a DU in equipment provision including disability compensation, or ergotherapists working within a multidisciplinary team may prescribe DREEFT wheels

Medical professionals (physicians, ergotherapists)
licensing
high

Prescribers must complete and formalize a needs assessment form (fiche d'évaluation des besoins) as per section 3.1.4.2.1 for each patient

Prescribing physicians and ergotherapists
operational
high

Prescribers must complete and formalize a recommendation form (fiche de préconisation) as per section 3.1.4.2.2 for each patient

Prescribing physicians and ergotherapists
operational
high

A multidisciplinary team consisting of at least one physical medicine and rehabilitation physician and one ergotherapist or physiotherapist must conduct a practical trial before first provision and at each renewal to verify the patient's ability to master the wheelchair and DREEFT braking system

Healthcare providers and multidisciplinary teams
operational
high

A physician, ergotherapist, or physiotherapist must provide a certificate after the practical trial attesting that the DREEFT system is adequate for the patient's disability and confirming the patient's cognitive capacity to master the system

Healthcare professionals conducting the practical trial
disclosure

Affected Parties

Wheelchair users needing brake assistanceMedical professionals prescribing the product

Tags

wheelchair,medical devices,reimbursement