tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 16

DME: Suppliers Seek Explanation For Wheelchair Coverage

Wheelchair forum barely scratches the surface of suppliers' concerns.Five hundred people called into the March 31 special Open Door Forum on wheelchair issues, and not one of them got to speak a word. The dialogue between the in-person attendees of the Baltimore forum and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and durable medical equipment regional carrier officials was so contentious, it took up the 1.5 hours allotted for the forum, plus an extra 25 minutes tacked on. "This issue is obviously not going away," said beneficiary advocate and former CMS employee Henry Claypool. "There...

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