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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Legislation to prevent the application of bidding-derived pricing for CRT accessories was introduced in the Senate and House last week.  The legislation is needed due to CMS' attempt to apply competitive bid program pricing to CRT accessories effective January 1, 2016.  Congress has twice passed legislation to delay this measure, most recently through provisions in the CURES bill that hold off bidding-derived rates until July 1, 2017. The Senate bill, S. 486, introduced by lead sponsors...

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The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) today applauded Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) for introducing the H.R.3229, a new bill that will protect access to complex rehab wheelchair accessories by preventing the application of pricing information derived from the Medicare competitive bid program. “I would like to thank Representative Zeldin for introducing this important piece of legislation,” said Bill...

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