The “Dear Colleague” letter from members of Congress was sent to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure with 22 signatures. In an Oct. 16 bulletin, the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology (NCART) updated stakeholders on the Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) industry’s latest effort to urge CMS to open the…
House’s Power Standing Coverage Determination Letter Sent to CMS with 22 Signatures
Briefly: Deadline Imminent for Power Standing Sign-on Letter; NOD Announces Leading Disability Employers
Featuring United Spinal Association and the National Organization on Disability.
United Spinal: Deadline for Power Standing Letter Is Oct. 4 United Spinal Association is reminding Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) advocates to reach out to their members of Congress to ask them to sign onto the Dear Colleague letter in support of opening a National Coverage Analysis for power standing systems on power wheelchairs. Visit the…
‘Dear Colleague’ House Letter Urges CMS to Open Coverage Determination for Power Standing
The deadline for representatives to sign onto the letter is Sept. 27.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) have penned another “Dear Colleague” letter asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to open a coverage determination for power standing on power wheelchairs. “Please contact your U.S. representative today and urge them to sign on to the Dingell/Fitzpatrick Congressional sign-on letter urging CMS…