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INFRARED HEATING PADS NOT RECOMMENDED BY MEDICARE
COPIED FROM THE FDA'S WEBSITE:
Note from JointHeat, Inc.: This information is being supplied to those of you who have
been conned into thinking "infrared heating pads" offer some sort of healing qualities.
To be perfectly clear: THEY DO NOT!!
Their advertising is fraudulent and they are ripping off thousands of unsuspecting people.
Read the information below, then do your own research.
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
An infrared heating pad system consists of a pad or pads containing mechanisms (for example, luminous gallium aluminum arsinide diodes) that generate infrared (or near infrared) light and a power source. According to Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Carrier (DMERC) policy, there are no indications for which these devices have been demonstrated to have any therapeutic effect. DMERC considers these devices and any related accessories not medically reasonable and necessary. As a heating device, infrared heating pads have not been shown to be more effective than electric heating pads and hot packs, despite their greater cost.