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Group sets off movement for home modifications

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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07/07/2017
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Mobility

WASHINGTON – A bill in the House of Representatives that would give seniors a $30,000 tax credit for modifying their homes to help them age in place now has some firepower behind it.

Q&A: RespectAbility’s Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

‘The right equipment can help people achieve independence’
 by: 
Jeff Rowe
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06/26/2017
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Mobility

WASHINGTON – This summer, RespectAbility, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, will mentor 12 young leaders from around the country who want to advance disability issues and who want careers in media, public policy and advocacy.

Seat elevation study ramps up

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/26/2017
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Mobility

EXETER, Pa. – A study to examine how seat elevation technology can improve the everyday lives of wheelchair users is off the ground.

Z diagnosis codes are in

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/26/2017
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Mobility

The DME MACs have agreed to add several ICD-10 Z diagnosis codes to applicable sections of the Wheelchair Seating LCD.

Back in business

‘As a cash product that can also be rented, it’s a good way for companies to generate revenue, which kind of makes it the Holy Grail’
 by: 
Jeff Rowe
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06/26/2017
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Mobility

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – How do you go from working in a pumpkin patch to selling a “re-invented” crutch?

CMS comes through on wheelchair accessories

‘We have a little extra bounce in our steps’
 by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/23/2017
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Mobility

WASHINGTON – With only days to spare, stakeholders have succeeded in getting CMS to refrain from cutting reimbursement for accessories for complex rehab power wheelchairs.

NSM sees ‘steady growth’ in home accessibility

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/23/2017
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Mobility

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – National Seating & Mobility launched its home accessibility business in 2015 and thanks to its recent acquisition of Columbus Medical Equipment in Columbus, Ohio, it now has 14 AcccessNSM locations in 12 states.

NRRTS backs users on Capitol Hill

‘We saw this as an opportunity to show our cohesiveness’
 by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/16/2017
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Mobility

WASHINGTON ­­– When wheelchair users rolled onto Capitol Hill last week to advocate for a number of issues, they had official support from NRRTS for the first time.

Ahead of expansion, PA process runs smoothly

Providers report reasonable turnaround times, decent affirmation rates
 by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/09/2017
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Mobility

WASHINGTON – CMS plans to expand a prior authorization process for two complex rehab codes nationwide on July 17 and the agency, for the most part, has the blessing of industry stakeholders.

Seat elevation: Users rally around improved technology

Stakeholders say they’re committed to working with Medicare to get it covered
 by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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06/02/2017
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Mobility

WASHINGTON – There was important work to do to protect accessories during the recent National CRT Conference, but the talk of the town may have been seat elevation technology.

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