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Pride Mobility Products Corp., the world’s leading designer
and manufacturer of personal mobility equipment including
power chairs, travel mobility products, scooters, and lift
chairs was recently visited by Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)
to discuss the National Coverage Determination (NCD) standards,
as determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS), for mobility assistance equipment.
Dan Meuser, President of Pride USA stated, “Although
we had gained the support of Senator Santorum on the various
challenges that Americans with disabilities continue to face,
both in funding and medical coverage policy, today’s
meeting allowed us to, in detail, coverdocumentation clarity,
coverage policy, as well as the proposed gap filling methodology.
Senator Santorum is keenly interested in helping create a
reasonable plan for all stakeholders.”
In order to support the Senator’s efforts with regards
to these issues, Scott Meuser, Chairman and CEO of Pride,
Dan Meuser, and Kevin Quaglia, Pride’s General Manager
of Industry Relations, met with the Senator to discuss the
need for CMS to expedite the ongoing change in national coverage
policy that eliminates the requirement that a patient be “bed
or chair confined” in order to qualify for a power mobility
product as well as the urgency for clarity in the documentation
requirements under this policy. Pride representatives also
outlined for the Senator concerns with the current methodology
used by CMS to develop fees schedules called “Gap Filling”
and provided an update on the current study underway by the
American Association for Home Care called “Alternatives
to Revise Medicare Gap Filling Methodology.”
Pride Mobility Products’ Government Affairs/Industry
Relations department is dedicated to expressing the positions
and opinions of our providers and the HME industry to effectuate
positive changes to legislative and regulatory issues. Pride’s
involvement includes grassroots efforts with local congressional
representatives to working with the key members of Congress.
Pride’s Government Affairs department also works closely
with Congressional committees and Government agencies like
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Inspector
General (OIG) to provide industry positions and input on relevant
issues.
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