Medicare's policy change puts titanium frames out of reach for beneficiaries. What's next?
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For Some Products, the Retail Option Cuts Through Funding Red Tape
For some complex rehab technology products, cash-pay sales cut through funding red tape.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2017
Nearly half of the U.S. Senate signs on to letter for HHS Sec. Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jul 17, 2017
Accessories for complex rehab wheelchair accessories aren't part of the newly announced policy.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jul 02, 2017
CRT Technology Showcase
New audit will focus on wheelchair accessory claims that were underpaid to providers.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 24, 2017
Bipartisan letter to HHS Secretary Price and CMS Administrator Verma asks for DME and CRT reforms.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 24, 2017
Attendees span the entire complex rehab technology industry.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 08, 2017
Medicare Jurisdictions B and C have substantially cut payments for custom seats and backs, says NCART.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 25, 2017
H.R. 1361 and S. 486 seek changes to current Medicare funding for complex rehab wheelchair accessories.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 07, 2017
DME MACs say titanium frames, heavy-duty upgrades are no longer separately billable on Medicare manual wheelchair claims.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 02, 2017
H.R. 750 seeks a separate Medicare benefit category for complex rehab technology.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 02, 2017
New requirement is due to start in four states in March, then roll out nationwide later in 2017.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 26, 2017
21st Century Cures Act, now law, has impacted CRT billing policies for the new year.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 05, 2017
Funding Series
Skin Protection, Positioning & Adjustability: Their Impact on Funding
Skin protection, positioning, adjustability: How wheelchair seat cushion codes are defined, and what their definitions do -- and don't -- mean for medical justification.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2016
Bill would postpone further Medicare funding cuts for suppliers in non-competitive bidding areas.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 24, 2016