Tag: Power seat elevation
Stakeholders prepare to respond to latest power seat elevation proposal
March 20, 2026Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders plan to participate in an open meeting on March 25 to get a better feel for why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has now proposed not covering certain Group 2 non-complex power wheelchairs with power seat elevation (K0830 & K0831).
CMS in late February issued a proposed local coverage determination (LCD) for a not reasonable and necessary determination for these wheelchairs based on their assessment of the available evidence.
“Following...
CMS proposes denying coverage for seat elevation systems on Group 2 power wheelchairs
February 24, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a proposed local coverage determination (LCD) for a not reasonable and necessary determination for Group 2 power wheelchairs (PWCs) with seat elevation systems (K0830 and K0831) based on the best available evidence.
The agency states, per the national coverage determination (NCD) for seat elevation equipment (power operated) on power wheelchairs, coverage of Group 2 PWCs with seat elevators would be determined...
NCART update: Two more states approve power seat elevation
March 4, 2025HME News Staff
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Medicaid programs in North Dakota and Idaho have given the green light to power seat elevation, according to NCART. In North Dakota, the Medicaid program has approved the organization’s request to consider power seat elevation (E2298) as a covered benefit and has implemented coverage retroactively back to Feb. 1, 2025. The coverage criteria will be the same as those outlined in the National Coverage Determination and reimbursement will be set at $2,062.20. In Idaho,...
Power seat elevation: NCART zeroes in on access issues in Medicaid
December 6, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – Now that there is a Medicare code and payment for power seat elevation systems, NCART is doing the painstaking work of making sure state Medicaid programs have a pathway to also cover the technology.
In November, for example, the organization announced that it had secured coverage for E2298 for adults 21 and over in Alabama starting Jan. 1, 2025, with help from Cathy Carver, PT, DPT, ATP/SMS, at University of Alabama Birmingham/Spain Rehabilitation Center, as well the...
In brief: Trumps picks Oz, DOJ sues UnitedHealth, Alabama covers seat elevation & more
November 19, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has named Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician known as Dr. Oz, as his pick for CMS administrator, according to online news reports.
Oz, 64, ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022, ultimately losing to Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and has been a Trump ally ever since, according to reports.
“Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex and all the horrible chronic diseases left in...
In brief: AdaptHealth leadership, Philips vents, catheter billing
July 3, 2024HME News Staff
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Josh Barnes will step down as president of AdaptHealth on Aug. 31 and from the board of directors on Dec. 31, the company has announced.
“Founding Adapt and helping it become the leading provider of HME is a source of immense pride,” said Parnes. “With Suzanne (Foster) as CEO, I am confident the company is in excellent hands and will continue to innovate, grow and deliver patient-focused best-in class care.”
AdaptHealth also...
Power seat elevation ‘the greatest victory’
February 2, 2024John Andrews
In an industry with a history of hardscrabble policy battles, this year’s allowance of power seat elevation systems represents “the greatest victory for power chair users in recent memory.”
John Wright, executive vice president of sales management and business development for Los Angeles-based Shoprider, said the industry has been asking for coverage for power seat elevation systems for many years “as they recognized the need to improve power chair user independence,...
Stakeholders ask CMS to fix problems with power seat elevation plan
December 27, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – When CMS is expected to release final coding and pricing for power seat elevation systems in February, complex rehab stakeholders will take a close look to see if the agency incorporated their feedback.
During a recent hearing hosted by CMS, stakeholders provided testimony outlining problems with the agency’s preliminary recommendations, including its decision to categorize power seat elevation systems as accessories.
“We don’t believe it should...
AAH backs NCART on power seat elevation
December 7, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has submitted comments to CMS supporting NCART’s recommendations for coding, coverage and payment regulations for power seat elevation systems. The recommendations, provided during a Nov. 30 virtual public meeting, include:
Adopting the code description proposed in the NCART code application.
Recognizing power seat elevation as a stand-alone system, the same as power tilt and/or power recline, and not merely an add on component.
Requiring...
CMS releases coding plan for power seat elevation
November 13, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS has issued preliminary recommendations for coding and pricing for power seat elevation systems, NCART has reported.
The recommendations include discontinuing the existing HCPCS Level II code E2300, “wheelchair accessory, power seat elevation system, any type,” and establishing two new HCPCS Level II codes at a set fee schedule amount:
EXXXX, “complex rehabilitative power wheelchair accessory, power seat elevation system, any type”
EXXXX,...