Tag: MediScan
In brief: Wheelchair bill, RPM monitoring, catheter billing
September 27, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., have introduced legislation that would improve access to titanium and carbon fiber manual wheelchairs for Medicare beneficiaries.
S. 5154, which would create two new HCPCS codes for complex rehab technology manual wheelchairs and would allow for upgrades, is a companion bill to H.R. 5371.
“The Senate bill drops at an opportune time for mobility stakeholders and disability advocates to ask their...
MediScan launches mobile phone app for custom orthotics
September 25, 2024HME News Staff
TAMPA, Fla. – MediScan Custom Orthotics has launched a mobile phone application called MediScan that it says allows users to create the same medical-grade custom shoe inserts a podiatrist would normally prescribe, without the need to physically see a doctor. The company, which was founded by two Florida-based podiatrists and a longtime expert from the medical device industry, offers the same orthotic devices and custom shoe inserts a patient would normally receive from their podiatrist, without...