Tag: Rental

ROCKY HILL, Conn., and FRANKLIN, Tenn. - The capped rental rule will squeeze cash flow and generate more paperwork, national mobility providers say, but it's not altering their strategies just yet. The rule, which went into effect in April, requires providers to send claims to Medicare and secondary payers each month of a 13-month rental period to receive full payment. “There may be a time in the future where we have to assess what products we put out the door,” said Kevin Harmon,...

YARMOUTH, Maine - What's the impact on manufacturers of the transition to capped-rental status for certain complex rehab items? So far, they're hedging their bets. The transition went into effect April 1, prompting some providers, such as Monroe Wheelchair, to discontinue providing items like power-assist devices. But Exeter, Pa.-based Pride Mobility and Quantum Rehab report little impact from the change, mostly because it's “largely a manual and pediatric wheelchair issue,”...

In a recent thread on the NRRTS listserv, providers discussed the intricacies of cleaning wheelchairs, something that will take on a new sense of urgency, industry stakeholders say, if a provision to eliminate the purchase option for standard power wheelchairs takes effect, as planned, on Jan. 1, 2010. Since, under the provision, providers will maintain ownership of their wheelchairs, if a Medicare beneficiary doesn't use his wheelchair for the full rental period, providers are going to want to clean...