CMS To Issue Wheelchair Clinical Coverage Criteria Guidance Before 2005
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS intends to publish a final guidance by Dec. 31 clarifying the clinical criteria needed for a Medicare beneficiary to receive coverage for a regular or power wheelchair
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