Tag: PMC
Rehab industry responds en mass
September 14, 2009Liz Beaulieu, Editor
My e-mail inbox last week was flooded with bulletins and letters from various rehab groups criticizing the OIG's latest attempt to justify reducing reimbursement for power wheelchairs (See blog and NewsWire story). Here are some of the highlights:
U.S. Rehab's Jerry Keiderling to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa: "In one of your press releases dated Sept. 2, 2009, you verbally condemned the rehab and power mobility industry for wasteful Medicare spending. I am appalled at (your comments). I believe...