Tag: Custom Mobility

CARY, N.C. – The Accreditation Commission for Health Care has developed two new distinctions for DMEPOS-accredited organizations to help them demonstrate their commitment to patient quality of life.  The Distinction in Clinical Respiratory Patient Management allows providers to demonstrate expertise in managing respiratory conditions, and the Distinction in Custom Mobility recognizes first-rate providers of custom mobility products.  “By offering these groundbreaking distinctions,...

LARGO, Fla. - The issue of ATPs “scribing” or completing medical justification documentation for therapists has come to a head for Custom Mobility.The company recently sent out an email notifying therapists in its area that the practice potentially violates self-referral laws and anti-kickback statues, because it allows therapists to bill for more services and it allows certain ATPs to become referrals of choice.“It has gotten to the point where therapists are telling our ATPs,...

So I talked to rehab provider Bruce Bayes over at Custom Mobility in Largo, Fla., earlier this week. He told me that Sailability Greater Tampa Bay, which provides affordable and accessible sailing activities and education to children and adults of all ages and abilities, had a special guest in May: Sam Schmidt, the former Indy Racing League driver who became a quadriplegic after an accident during a practice run in 2000. Schmidt has since formed the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation and Sam Schmidt...