Tag: Wheelchair
Numotion settles FCA allegations
August 27, 2024HME News Staff
PHOENIX – United Seating and Mobility, d/b/a Numotion, has agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act.
The settlement resolves allegations by the United States that Numotion submitted false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs for custom wheelchairs and wheelchair parts. According to the allegations, the claims were false because they were based on patient evaluations that were unlawfully authored,...
Mobility and More sticks with it
July 3, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
LOVELAND, Colo. – Mobility and More’s commitment to staying independent and openness to evolving has helped the company stay in business for 20 years, says Tab Black, business manager.
When Black’s parents opened the company in 2004, it was one of more than a dozen HME companies serving its primary service area – the northeastern quadrant of Colorado. Today, it’s the only wholly locally owned and operated company in that area, Black says.
“We...
WHILL powers up
June 21, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – WHILL, known for its modern looking power wheelchairs, is on an expansion kick in the U.S., attending Medtrade this spring with a new product and announcing the addition of five executives to its leadership team in May.
“We’re newly re-energized,” said Carl Crabill, senior vice president, WHILL Business Development, Mobility Sales. “Our strategy is really unique and it’s going to deliver a lot of growth.”
In...
U.S. Rehab to offer tech training seminar
June 20, 2024HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – U.S. Rehab, a division of VGM, will offer tech training Sept. 10-11 in Minneapolis. U.S. Rehab tech training is two days of in-person education and hands-on experience with manual and power wheelchair repair. Technical trainers from Ki Mobility, Merits/Avid Rehab, MK Battery, Motion Concepts, Permobil, and Sunrise Medical will present product specifics and work through basic repair strategies, troubleshooting, and programming. Tech Training participants have the choice...
Invacare employees raise $28K for wheelchair mission
June 19, 2024HME News Staff
ELYRIA, Ohio – Invacare’s month-long fundraising and active campaign, its first annual Move for Mobility, in partnership with Free Wheelchair Mission, was a global fundraising initiative that inspired hundreds of employees to get out and be active within their communities. Four-hundred and twenty-five employees from 20 countries participated in various activities, including horse riding, surfing, mountaineering, yoga, and marathons and raised more than $28,000. With Invacare’s fundraising,...
High-tech wheelchairs: AAH pivots strategy on bill, plans blitz on Capitol Hill
May 17, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and its champions in the House of Representatives have modified the language of a bill to improve access to titanium and carbon fiber wheelchairs for Medicare beneficiaries and will make it the focus of a new congressional fly-in scheduled for September.
H.R. 5371, the “Choices for Increased Mobility Act,” would now establish two or more HCPCS codes for the base of an ultralightweight manual wheelchair depending on the construction material used,...
DOT proposes strengthening travel safety for wheelchair users
March 5, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation on Feb. 28 published a notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen its rule implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) to ensure passengers who use wheelchair can travel safely and with dignity. The proposed rule – “Safe and Accessible Air Travel” – would require that airlines do better in accommodating passengers with disabilities by setting new standards for prompt, safe, and dignified assistance; mandating enhanced...
HME bills move to full committee
November 15, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee in the House of Representatives has approved two HME-related bills, AAHomecare has reported.
The bills, The DMEPOS Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 5555) and The Choices for Increased Mobility Act (H.R. 5371), will now move to the full E&C Committee for consideration in the coming weeks, the association says.
“This is a major step forward for our priority legislation in the House,” said Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president...
Senators ask CMS to reconsider ‘in-the-home' requirement
September 18, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., are asking CMS to conduct a full review of its national coverage determination (NCD) for mobility assistive equipment for Medicare beneficiaries, including its interpretation of the “in-the-home" requirement.
Current Medicare coverage limitations on equipment used outside the home can limit a beneficiary’s access to mobility equipment and their communities,...
Bill strengthens access to titanium wheelchairs
September 11, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow for code upgrades for titanium and carbon fiber wheelchairs under Medicare. “Stronger patient access to lightweight carbon fiber and titanium wheelchairs will allow more individuals with mobility challenges to function independently and take part in their communities,” said Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “Working to build support for this measure has...