Senators also support power seat elevation
By HME News Staff
Updated 12:20 PM CDT, Mon November 1, 2021
WASHINGTON – Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Robert Casey, D-Pa., have sent a letter to CMS asking the agency to amend the national coverage determination for mobility assistive equipment to affirm coverage of standing and seat elevation systems embedded in power wheelchairs. “This should be followed by CMS developing necessary local coverage determinations to assess the medical necessity for such equipment on an individual basis in accordance with the NCD for MAE, while requiring every DME MAC to rescind all DME coverage articles that state standing and seat elevation systems embedded in power wheelchairs do not primarily serve a medical purpose – an absurd claim that diminishes the lived experience of certain Medicare beneficiaries that rely on standing and seat elevation systems embedded in power wheelchairs to independently conduct mobility related activities of daily living,” the letter states. This request follows a request by 77 members of the House of Representatives to get CMS to act on power seat elevation and power standing systems.
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