what's dme and cms?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you aren't having any luck with DMEs and doctors
writing perscriptions and you can afford to go outside the system, any
electrician can combine your plug fasteners with a new 24 volt charger and set
you up. I wouldn't be surprized if radio shack has everything you need.
good luck,
john
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] wc tires
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} My battery charger quit working and I was down to about 3 bars and
they wanted me to have my aid come get a nether charger that when we got it
home, it was the wrong model. My brother saved today and he was able to come
out and somehow get the connector to work but it seems to smell a little bit
after the discharge so I have not charged for two days as the bars did not go
down. I don't know what I do if he would not have come because my back up
wheelchair will not work, because my aid did not charge regularly and the
batteries are now dead, which my brother just bought last year at $188. I
wrote my wheelchair company several times and calls them but just got
voicemail. She would not even tell me how long it's going to take to get the
batteries and if she had received by doctor order. She e-mailed me to not
write her or call the voicemail anymore. I could not believe that. If my
brother would not have been able to get the connect! or to work, I'm not sure
what I would be doing.and I'm not sure what he did. I would be sitting in a
wheelchair without any power. The Permobil is almost impossible to push. I
wonder if they are all that way. I don't like to be in my back up wheelchair,
because it causes pressure on my rear as it only reclines and slides you down
each time you recline.. I had to stay in bed a week after the last time I tear
was repaired when it took three weeks to get the part because of the
pressure although it was not open. We are told that we are responsible for
our own arrangements if our wheelchairs are not working. No one will cover
repairs to keep a backup functioning.. The company I deal with is Apria. It
seems like they have only one person to repair anything and getting parts is so
slow. They claim they are looking for someone, they probably don't want to pay
anyone and make us wait. It seems really unfair. We don't! have a lot of
companies to choose from like able-bodied perso! ns do wi th cars.
Does anyone else have this problem, when their wheelchair is down.
It seems like things will get worse with the new policy of waiting till the
wheelchair repair costs are as much as a new chair. We will be having repairs
all the time and not at once, so we cannot get a new chair for a long time.
The repair people told me that it doesn't matter whether you have insurance or
Medicare that the insurance pretty much follows the same rules as Medicare .
What does anybody know about that or is it make a difference on what kind of
insurance you have
I wish it was that easy and I hope that its still that easy. DMEs are
hiding behind their counters everytime
someone rolls in. Many are requiring their customers to pay up front and
then receive a rebate when CMS agrees to pay and finally DOES pay. Often,
payments are slow due to code errors and refiling of the paperwork. And more
denials. General policies have gone out the window with across the board
approval.
Most don't realize how bad it can be until they need a new chair or have to
have their chairs repaired.
Best Wishes
W
In a message dated 4/5/2007 4:39:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
From the dealer who carries your type of chair. Usually you can get a
prescription that says "wheelchair repairs" and have all wheels and batteries
replaced once/year.
Bill age 56
C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68
Leesburg, FL
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