The Switch-It CTRL+5 with Voice Activation by Sunrise Medical has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner in the Electronics, Power Wheelchair category by Mobility Management. The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. Courtney Chance, Associate Power Product Manager at Sunrise Medical, sat…
Mobility Management Product Awards: Switch-It CTRL+5 with Voice Activation, Sunrise Medical
Mobility Management Product Awards: Jazzy Ultra Light, Pride Mobility
The Jazzy Ultra Light by Pride Mobility has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner.
The Jazzy Ultra Light by Pride Mobility has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner in the Wheelchairs, Power: Travel, Standard category by Mobility Management. The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. A.J. Donatoni, Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Pride Mobility, sat down…
Mobility Management Product Awards: J4E by Quantum Rehab
The J4E by Quantum Rehab has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Awards winner.
The J4E by Quantum Rehab has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner in the Wheelchairs, Power: Group 2, Single Power category by Mobility Management. The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. Andrea Lewis, OTR/L, ATP, Clinical Education Manager at Quantum Rehab, sat…
Mobility Management Product Awards: MAGIC MOBILITY XT4 All Terrain Power Wheelchair, Sunrise Medical
The MAGIC MOBILITY XT4 All Terrain Power Wheelchair by Sunrise Medical has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner.
The MAGIC MOBILITY XT4 All Terrain Power Wheelchair by Sunrise Medical has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner in the Wheelchairs, Power: Uncoded by PDAC category by Mobility Management. The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. Courtney Chance, Associate Power Product Manager…
Accessibility Advocates: WestJet Power Wheelchair Weight Limit Excludes CRT Consumers
The Canadian-based airline has a 300-lb. weight limit for power chairs it transports.
Accessibility advocates say Calgary, Alberta-based airline WestJet has published weight limits that prevent many Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) wheelchair riders from bringing their Group 3 power chairs with them when they fly. WestJet’s website says wheelchairs and scooters that weigh more than 300 lbs. (approximately 136 kg) are not allowed on its Boeing 737 or…
Mobility Management Product Awards: Alltrack M3 (Narrow N2221) Signature, Amylior
The Alltrack M3 (Narrow N2221) Signature by Amylior has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Awards winner.
The Alltrack M3 (Narrow N2221) Signature by Amylior has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Awards winner in the Wheelchairs, Power: Group 3, Multiple Power category by Mobility Management. The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. Diane Maquet, Marketing Communications Lead at Amylior, sat…
Cure SMA Equipment Grant Program Offers Travel Power Chairs
Recipients will keep the power chairs permanently.
Cure SMA has launched an equipment grant program to provide Fold & Go travel power chairs to children and adults living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the United States or Puerto Rico. Recipients of the travel chairs will own the equipment outright. Less than 12 hours after launching the program on Oct. 8, Cure…
Small Base, Big Possibilities
An early-intervention power chair reimagines family-friendly mobility.
So many early-intervention mobility needs have been met by enterprising creations such as Permobil’s Explorer Mini and the University of Delaware’s groundbreaking GoBabyGo adapted power toys. But David Savage, ATP/SMS, RET, seating and mobility specialist at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., still saw a gap for very young children who lacked independent mobility…
DME MACs Issue Coding Reminders on PWC Hardware, Accessories
The Medicare contractors cited “confusion” among providers when billing a group of electronics codes.
The DME MAC contractors for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a joint reminder regarding proper coding for power wheelchair hardware and accessories. In the Oct. 2 bulletin, the DME MACs said, “There is confusion regarding the billing of certain power wheelchair electronic codes. This article provides instructions on the appropriate…
Medicare Changes to 5-Year PMD Prior Authorization Rule: Inside the Clinician Task Force Response to CMS
CTF Executive Director Tamara Kittelson said clinical assessments directly impact wheelchair provision outcomes.
Are you exactly the same person today — physically, cognitively, task wise — as you were five years ago? That’s the basic and critical question behind the Clinician Task Force’s (CTF) recent letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concerning CMS’s recent change to the Medicare five-year replacement rule for prior authorization…