Tag: Complex Rehab

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Elaine Stewart, an ATP, CRTS, for National Seating & Mobility, has been involved in a leadership capacity at NRRTS for about 15 years, working her way up from chair review to past president, so when she says it’s important to be involved, she walks the talk.   Stewart, who, along with Carey Britton, was recently named a Simon Margolis Fellow, talked with HME News about why NRRTS is instrumental to the complex rehab industry and why she thinks the organization’s...

WASHINGTON – A recent fly-in and product expo organized by NCART and NRRTS was the perfect opportunity to lay the groundwork for several of the complex rehab industry’s top priorities, including getting CMS to move forward with coverage for power standing systems.   More than 200 attendees participated and more than 200 “congressional connections” were made as part of the virtual fly-in on Sept. 13.  “Efforts to get CMS to open the comment period...

LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS has announced its 2024 board members. They are: Jason Kelln, president elect; Dave Nix, secretary; and Andrea Madsen, treasurer. At-large directors are: Stefanie Laurence, Chris Savoie, Anne Kieschnik, Denise Harmon, Parker Fadler and Chad Filer. Review chairs are: Kathy Fallon, Brian Coltman, Darrel Mullen, Michelle Harvey and Bernie Opp. Leaving the board is Tim Robinson, Doug Crana and Gerry Dickerson. Dickerson served additional terms as president due to COVID and...

WASHINGTON – National CRT Awareness Week Aug. 14-18 saw more than 120 organizations and hundreds of individuals share stories, write articles, post videos, hold webinars and create new resources for advocacy, according to NCART. “The week accomplished exactly what we set out to do, which was develop a better understanding of complex rehab technology, the people who use it, how it’s prescribed and provided, and why access is so important,” the organization stated in a bulletin....

AKRON, Ohio – Miller’s has shifted to more of a “growth mindset” with its first expansion since 2004 in “booming” and centrally located Columbus, Ohio, says Johnny Miller.  The company, which is based in Akron and which relies on complex rehab for two-thirds of its revenues, last opened an office in Youngstown, Ohio, nearly 20 years ago.   “Columbus is the fastest-growing city in Ohio,” said Miller, president. “There’s...

DALLAS – Medtrade is introducing a new complex rehab technology track for next year’s show and has extended the Call for Speakers deadline to this Friday, Sept. 1. Alexis Ward, senior director of Payer Relations at the AAHomecare, will be overseeing the new track. The new track will offer sessions on securing authorization/coverage for CRT; maximizing best practices for CRT repairs; sales; and lobbying. Prospective Medtrade presenters should review session titles and descriptions that...

WATERLOO, Iowa – NCART and U.S. Rehab have joined forces to launch a comprehensive survey to gather real-time data on the financial stability of businesses within the complex rehab industry.  The convergence of factors such as inflation, wage increases, supply chain disruptions, and elevated shipping costs has led to a challenging environment that demands careful analysis and collective action, they say.   “Complex rehab technologies are experiencing pressure from many...

WASHINGTON – NCART has updated its website with different ways that stakeholders can participate in its upcoming National CRT Awareness Week on Aug. 14-18. Among the ideas:  Download pre-made graphics available on the NCART website and share them on your social media pages.  Make a short video about complex rehab and send it to drenehan@ncart.us or post it to your own social media (Check out this sample: https://vimeo.com/845967059?share=copy).  "Like"...

WASHINGTON – With Medicare coverage secured for seat elevation systems, stakeholders are working their way through steps 2 and 3 of the process: coding and pricing.  Manufacturers, led by NCART, submitted code applications to CMS by a July 3 deadline, following about two years of work, including gathering detailed and comprehensive information from each manufacturer.  “The main goal is to clearly differentiate the standard power seat elevation technology from the complex...

WASHINGTON – NCART will once again hold its CRT Congressional Fly-in virtually this year to maximize participation, but it will also host a CRT Congressional Product Expo in-person at the Cannon Building on Capitol Hill.  NCART hasn’t hosted a product expo on Capitol Hill since before the COVID-19 pandemic.  “We want to have manufacturers come in, as well as ATPs and therapists, to give lawmakers a sense of all the different equipment that is out there and how...