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Archive - December 2015

President Signs S-2425 Into Law- CRT Accessories Delay is 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 bid rates to accessories used on Group 3 Complex...

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Happy 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 Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) within the Medicare...

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Congress 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 are happy to report that Congress passed...

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URGENT- 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 of Medicare competitive bid pricing to Complex...

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CRT Concerns Not Addressed in Omnibus Bill- Discussions with Congressional Offices Continue

December 16, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, Unfortunately a delay in the implementation of the inappropriate January 1 Medicare cuts to Complex Rehab Wheelchair Accessories was NOT included in the Omnibus Budget Bill that was published by Congress...

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CRT 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 government for next year. While they had hoped...

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