CMS Administrator McClellan Likely To Lend Ear To Power Wheelchair Issue
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS may allow power wheelchair medical necessity determinations to be made on a case-by-case basis - a step that would preclude it from developing unpopular "non-ambulatory" patient coverage definitions
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