Persistence and Passion: CRT Accessories Win Culminates Multi-Year Effort CMS’ decision to exempt manual CRT accessories from bidding-derived pricing culminates long-term, multi-stakeholder effort to protect CRT benefit. In late 2014, CMS announced plans to begin using results from the competitive bidding program for standard power and manual wheelchair accessories to determine pricing for accessories CRT wheelchairs.  HME leaders and patient groups pushed back against the proposal,...

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41 House Members Ask CMS to Exclude CRT Accessories from Bidding-Derived Pricing Strong advocacy efforts by mobility providers helped convince 41 members of the House of Representatives to join a Congressional sign-on letter asking CMS to permanently exclude manual CRT accessories from bidding-derived pricing. The letter, spearheaded by long-time CRT champions John Larson (D-Conn.) and Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y) states that Congress has previously passed language with clear intent that power and manual...

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August 19-23 is CRT Awareness Week…. and the perfect time to contact your legislators in support of House and Senate CRT legislation!  Please take a minute to help us build co-sponsor support for bills that would permanently exclude manual CRT wheelchairs from bidding-derived pricing and also protect manual CRT accessories, as well as for legislation providing a Separate Benefit for CRT. HR 2293 AND S1223 Legislation to protect manual CRT wheelchairs and accessories has pushed...

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Take Action! Join CRT advocacy efforts by requesting your elected officials co-sponsor the CRT-focused bills: Issue Brief for HR 2293 & 1223 (CRT Manual Accessories Legislation) Issue Brief for HR 2408 (CRT Separate Benefit Legislation) Congressional Directory  Complex Rehab Technology Initiatives AAHomecare is committed to advancing mobility and Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) priorities to ensure patient access to the mobility solutions to meet their medical needs and maximize...

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