Power wheelchair public meeting
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Proposed recommendations on power wheelchair coding and payment will be discussed Sept. 1 at CMS' Baltimore headquarters. Members of the public are invited to make oral presentations or submit written comments responding to the agency's initial coding and pricing recommendations. CMS is revamping its wheelchair policies following a crackdown on fraud (1"The Gray Sheet" June 21, 2004, p. 29)...
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