tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 5

DME Industry Defends Itself With Study Showing Benefits of Power Wheelchairs

The feds may be cracking down on claims for power wheelchairs, but mobility products do have significant benefits - both for beneficiaries and the public fisc.             A Medicare recipient who retains mobility through the use of a power wheelchair or scooter saves taxpayers more than $5,300 over a three-year period. That's the finding of a new study that was conducted by RRC Inc. and initiated by The SCOOTER Store on behalf of the durable medical equipment industry. "We found that statistically significant savings persisted for at least...

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