Category: Process of Obtaining Custom Wheelchairs

“Letter of medical necessity” – are words that can initiate fear and confusion in many a therapist. But do they need to? When I was in third grade, our teacher required us to write down detailed steps of how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I wrote, “put the peanut butter on one…

To qualify for a power mobility device with Medicare funding, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants or clinical nurse specialists that are treating a patient for their mobility needs, must evaluate a patient for their power mobility needs and document the exam in their normal record-keeping format to meet Medicare’s guidelines for power mobility. These guidelines…

By Anne Keischnik, BSW, ATP, CRTS and Desmond Wiles, ATP/SMS, CRTS

ISS 2019 Pittsburgh: Bridging the Gap. I was privileged to be able to present twice at ISS this year, a definite personal best.

What do I need to document for Medicare? This is the number one question asked by countless clinicians when faced with prescribing Mobility Assistive Equipment (MAE) for their clients.

The seating and mobility evaluation is one of the most critical aspects of ensuring the medical necessity and appropriateness of a CRT device for a client. The goals of the seating evaluation can include: decreasing effects of abnormal tone/reflexes/movement disorders, providing forces to correct or accommodate postural tendencies and abnormalities, accommodate sensory impairments, improve functional/ADL…