Types of mobile equipment that Medicare will cover include: Manual or power wheelchairs. Scooters. Walkers. Durable medical equipment must be ordered by your doctor who will verify that you have a ...

Medicare covers some durable medical equipment (DME), such as walkers, crutches, and wheelchairs. But it considers ramps to be home modifications or home assistance aides instead of DME.

The deadline to collect so-signers for a Dear Colleague letter that asks CMS to move forward with a pending national coverage analysis for power standing systems has been extended to Friday, Oct. 4.

“I was proud to cast the tiebreaking vote that sent the bill that gave Medicare the power to negotiate and let it get to the ...

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Doctors are staring down a cut to their Medicare payments for the fifth successive year, and a permanent solution to the yearly ordeal remains bleak on Capitol Hill.

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