When CRT Goes Retail - Mobility Management

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Funding challenges — from Medicaid, Medicare, private payors — are everyday issues for seating and mobility clinicians and providers. But not every complex rehab technology (CRT) product goes the usual claim-and-wait route. Whether it’s because a product doesn’t have a payable HCPCS code, or whether a consumer simply wants to cut through the red tape and speed up delivery, retail CRT is a category unto itself. And thanks to engineering advances, innovative products that outpace codes and funding policies, and consumers willing to spend personal dollars to improve their quality of life, this is a segment of CRT that could see growth upcoming.