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Subject: FW: DRASTIC CHANGES TO MEDICARE COVERAGE
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From: Ricardo Dalessandro [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:30 PM
To: Roger McKowan
Subject: Fw: DRASTIC CHANGES TO MEDICARE COVERAGE
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Subject: DME: DRASTIC CHANGES TO MEDICARE COVERAGE
>
> National Council on Independent Living states...
>
> Drastic Changes to Medicare Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
> on the Horizon! If you think it's hard to get a power wheelchair from
> Medicare now, just wait until the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
> Services (CMS) implements their new Power Mobility Device Coverage
> Policy, which drastically reduces reimbursement and eligibility for
> power mobility equipment on November 15, 2006! These reductions,
> combined with new even more restrictive coverage criteria, will limit
> and deny access to medically appropriate power mobility devices to
> Medicare beneficiaries, and will prevent access to high-functioning
> power wheelchairs for many people with disabilities!
>
> Failing to meet the mobility needs of people with disabilities has a
> significant impact on the individual, states and taxpayers. Inadequate
> mobility devices will lead to dangerous and costly secondary
> complications, limit independence and employment options, and deny
> people with disabilities equal access to programs and services!
> NCIL will be sending out an Action Alert on this pressing issue shortly!
>
> As a member of the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and
> Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, NCIL is actively opposed to these changes.
> For more information, visit the ITEM Coalition Website at:
> http://www.itemcoalition.org/press/pr/SummaryLCD_9-7-06.htm.
>
> The MED Group has an Action Center in opposition to these changes where
> you can contact all key legislators and CMS officials directly here:
> http://capitol.medgroup.com/. Click on "Delay Medicare's 11/15/06 Power
> Mobility Changes".
>
>
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