Tag: Power seat elevation
Power seat elevation: NCART zeroes in on access issues in Medicaid
December 6, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – Now that there is a Medicare code and payment for power seat elevation systems, NCART is doing the painstaking work of making sure state Medicaid programs have a pathway to also cover the technology.
In November, for example, the organization announced that it had secured coverage for E2298 for adults 21 and over in Alabama starting Jan. 1, 2025, with help from Cathy Carver, PT, DPT, ATP/SMS, at University of Alabama Birmingham/Spain Rehabilitation Center, as well the...
In brief: Trumps picks Oz, DOJ sues UnitedHealth, Alabama covers seat elevation & more
November 19, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has named Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician known as Dr. Oz, as his pick for CMS administrator, according to online news reports.
Oz, 64, ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022, ultimately losing to Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and has been a Trump ally ever since, according to reports.
“Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex and all the horrible chronic diseases left in...
In brief: AdaptHealth leadership, Philips vents, catheter billing
July 3, 2024HME News Staff
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Josh Barnes will step down as president of AdaptHealth on Aug. 31 and from the board of directors on Dec. 31, the company has announced.
“Founding Adapt and helping it become the leading provider of HME is a source of immense pride,” said Parnes. “With Suzanne (Foster) as CEO, I am confident the company is in excellent hands and will continue to innovate, grow and deliver patient-focused best-in class care.”
AdaptHealth also...
Power seat elevation ‘the greatest victory’
February 2, 2024John Andrews
In an industry with a history of hardscrabble policy battles, this year’s allowance of power seat elevation systems represents “the greatest victory for power chair users in recent memory.”
John Wright, executive vice president of sales management and business development for Los Angeles-based Shoprider, said the industry has been asking for coverage for power seat elevation systems for many years “as they recognized the need to improve power chair user independence,...
Stakeholders ask CMS to fix problems with power seat elevation plan
December 27, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – When CMS is expected to release final coding and pricing for power seat elevation systems in February, complex rehab stakeholders will take a close look to see if the agency incorporated their feedback.
During a recent hearing hosted by CMS, stakeholders provided testimony outlining problems with the agency’s preliminary recommendations, including its decision to categorize power seat elevation systems as accessories.
“We don’t believe it should...
AAH backs NCART on power seat elevation
December 7, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has submitted comments to CMS supporting NCART’s recommendations for coding, coverage and payment regulations for power seat elevation systems. The recommendations, provided during a Nov. 30 virtual public meeting, include:
Adopting the code description proposed in the NCART code application.
Recognizing power seat elevation as a stand-alone system, the same as power tilt and/or power recline, and not merely an add on component.
Requiring...
CMS releases coding plan for power seat elevation
November 13, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS has issued preliminary recommendations for coding and pricing for power seat elevation systems, NCART has reported.
The recommendations include discontinuing the existing HCPCS Level II code E2300, “wheelchair accessory, power seat elevation system, any type,” and establishing two new HCPCS Level II codes at a set fee schedule amount:
EXXXX, “complex rehabilitative power wheelchair accessory, power seat elevation system, any type”
EXXXX,...
In brief: Homecare Champ, new home infusion code, supplies survey, seat elevation comments
March 24, 2023HME News Staff
DALLAS – Kam Yuricich has been named the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion for her achievements as the executive director for OAMES and the Great Lakes Home Medical Equipment Association.
Yuricich will be honored at the Stand Up For Homecare reception at Medtrade in Dallas on Wednesday, March 29.
“Kam is a star and a stalwart for HME,” says Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “She’s brought home bottom-line wins for her members and she’s also...
Strong show of support for power seat elevation
March 21, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A total of 2,128 stakeholders submitted public comments in response to a proposed national coverage determination that would expand coverage for power seat elevation on Group 3 wheelchairs.
Stakeholders ranged from NCART to U.S. Rehab to power wheelchair users to caretakers to the American Occupational Therapy Association to an ATP/CRTS at National Seating & Mobility to Merits to the Amputee Coalition.
“Miller’s supports Medicare...
AAH comments on power seat elevation
March 20, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and other industry stakeholders last week submitted comments on CMS’s proposed national coverage determination for power seat elevation for complex power wheelchairs ahead of a deadline on March 17.
In its comments, the association urged CMS to:
Finalize the proposed benefit category determination holding that power seat elevation systems are primarily medical in nature and are considered DME under the Medicare benefit; and finalize...