"Both CMS and its contractors have heard concerns about access to prostheses for Medicare beneficiaries," according to a statement provided by CMS spokeswoman Helen Mulligan.
CMS said it would convene a work group in 2016 to examine the lower limb prostheses issue.
"The purpose of the workgroup is to develop a consensus statement that informs Medicare policy by reviewing the available clinical evidence that defines best practices in the care of beneficiaries who require lower limb prostheses," the statement said.
Critics of the draft policy had included the Amputee Coalition, a Virginia-based advocacy group, as well as U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and leaders of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees. Blumenthal, himself a veteran, said the plan would have affected tens of thousands of disabled veterans nationwide.