CRT Stakeholders Call on Lawmakers to Protect IL Medicaid Beneficiaries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2015 CONTACT Don Clayback, NCART Executive Director, 716-839-9728, dclayback@ncart.us Coalition of Complex Rehab Technology stakeholders call on Illinois Lawmakers to...
View ArticleIndependence Week CRT Update
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, July starts with a big week for our country as we celebrate Independence Day. It’s also a very important month as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the...
View ArticleInvitation to Complex Rehab Technology Exposition and Demonstration
Promoting Independence for People with Disabilities: Educational Display of Individually‐Configured Complex Rehab Technology July 20, 2015 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM Rayburn Building Room B‐340 Refreshments...
View ArticleNCART Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Miscellaneous DME Items
Download These Comments July 9, 2015 Submitted electronically to: CodingComments@cms.hhs.gov Subject: Miscellaneous Code Comments To Whom It May Concern: The following comments are submitted on behalf...
View ArticleAction Needed: Invite Congress to the Capitol Hill CRT Expo on Monday July 20
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, In order to gather more Congressional support on CRT issues we are holding a Complex Rehab Technology Exposition on Capitol Hill next Monday July 20th. This invitation...
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Report on Washington, DC CRT Educational Exposition
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, We wanted to give a quick report on this past Monday’s Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) Educational Exposition held on Capitol Hill and hosted by the United Spinal...
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Happy 25th Birthday ADA!
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, Yesterday June 26th marked the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It’s passage was a major achievement for the rights of people...
View ArticleLegislation Introduced to Address Medicare CRT Wheelchair Accessories Issue
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, We have good news to report. Legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to provide the technical correction to...
View ArticleUPDATE- CRT Wheelchair Accessories Issue
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, There has been a great deal of recent activity around stopping CMS from applying Competitive Bid Program (CBP) rates to accessories used on CRT wheelchairs starting...
View ArticleComplex Rehab Technology : 25 Years After the ADA
Happy CRT Awareness Week! New video out- The Americans with Disabilities Act and CRT. Share it to protect access
View ArticleAction Needed to Protect CRT Wheelchair Accessories
CRT Stakeholders and Friends, As we reported last month, legislation to stop Medicare from using Competitive Bidding information to cut payments for CRT wheelchair accessories as of January 1, 2016 has...
View ArticleSenate Bill Introduced to Protect Complex Rehab Accessories
October 23, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, Great news! A bipartisan Senate companion bill to HR-3229 to stop competitive bid pricing for Complex Rehab wheelchair accessories was introduced...
View ArticleProtect Your Mobility- Send a Postcard to Congress via the Christopher and...
Medicare has announced that on January 1, 2016 they will apply the same Competitive Bid Pricing intended for standard wheelchair accessories to specialized accessories used with Complex Rehab...
View ArticleUPDATE- Complex Rehab Wheelchair Accessories
November 5, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, We are making significant progress in stopping major payment cuts to Complex Rehab wheelchair accessories, but we need more co-sponsors on our...
View ArticleCRT Legislation Update
December 11, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, Legislative Update- Congress continues to deal with the politics and negotiation as to what will be included in the year-end Omnibus bill to fund the...
View ArticleCRT Concerns Not Addressed in Omnibus Bill- Discussions with Congressional...
December 16, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, Unfortunately a delay in the implementation of the inappropriate January 1st Medicare cuts to Complex Rehab Wheelchair Accessories was NOT included in...
View ArticleURGENT- Senate Phone Calls Needed Today
ACTION NEEDED December 17, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, This afternoon the Senate introduced the “Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act”, which includes a one year delay in the application...
View ArticleCongress Passes CRT Power Wheelchair Accessories Delay
Congress Passes CRT Power Wheelchair Accessories Delay December 18, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, Talk about right down to the wire! Today was the last day of the 2015 Congressional session and we...
View ArticleHappy Holidays and a CRT Thank You
December 23, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, We want to wish everyone Happy Holidays and thank you for your advocacy work in 2015. It has been a long and challenging year protecting access to...
View ArticlePresident Signs S-2425 Into Law- CRT Accessories Delay Official
December 28, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, This afternoon the President signed S-2425, the legislation passed on December 18th which includes the one year delay in the application of competitive...
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