CMS mobility assistive equipment coverage
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Power wheelchairs such as J&J's iBOT are covered under a May 6 final decision memo for beneficiaries "who have a personal mobility deficit sufficient to impair their participation in mobility-related activities of daily living." Mobility assistive equipment also includes canes, crutches, mobile geriatric chairs, wheelchairs and power operated vehicles. The policy concludes the agency's review of Medicare wheelchair fraud (1"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 7, 2005, p. 13)...
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