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Complex Rehab Stakeholders Prep Request, Form Consortium

Published in Complex Rehab on August 21, 2020

According to a recent article from HME News, complex rehab stakeholders have taken steps to advance key initiatives related to power seat elevation and power standing systems, and telehealth and remote services.

In the latest CRT industry webinar, executive director of NCART Don Clayback mentioned that stakeholders, led by the ITEM Coalition, have created four work groups (clinical, reimbursement/technology, legal and congressional/advocacy) to work on filing a request for reconsideration of the Medicare NCD for power seat elevation and power standing systems.

“We’ve also had a preliminary call with CMS officials,” said Clayback. “They asked some questions, (so) there’s a couple of additional pieces of information we’re going to be adding. But it was a positive call. They encouraged us to move forward on the path we’re on.

Click here to read the full article from HME News.

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