The Clinician Task Force (CTF) is using a survey to collect information on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans in an effort to better understand MA plans’ denials of power wheelchair claims. After entering contact information, survey participants are asked which MA plans they work with. Then participants are asked why they have decided not to work…
Clinician Task Force Survey Focuses on Medicare Advantage Access
CTF Releases ‘Scope of Practice for Seating and Wheeled Mobility Clinical Services’ Paper
The new resource defines OT, PT roles related to seating and wheeled mobility services.
The Clinician Task Force (CTF) has released a position statement, “Scope of Practice for Seating and Wheeled Mobility Clinical Services,” completed in December 2023. In a Feb. 27 announcement, the CTF said, “This document aims to define the occupational and physical therapy role and responsibilities in seating and wheeled mobility services for educators, rehabilitation professionals,…
Share Your Medicare Advantage PWC Denials with Industry Workgroup
The workgroup is led by the Clinician Task Force and NCART.
If you’re a Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) provider and have had power wheelchair claims denied by one or more Medicare Advantage plans, an industry workgroup wants to hear from you. That’s the message that NCART passed along in its Dec. 28 newsletter to stakeholders. “Improper Medicare Advantage denials of power wheelchairs continue to negatively impact…