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| | | | | | | | | | | | December 7, 2016 Great news for all CRT stakeholders! This afternoon the Senate passed a 6-month delay of inappropriate Medicare payment cuts to CRT power wheelchair accessories as part of the 21st Century Cures Act. The House of Representatives passed the bill last week and it now goes to the President for signing into law. The Cures Act also includes Competitive Bidding "rural relief" language that will retroactively rescind the broad DME July 1, 2016 Medicare cuts until January 1, 2017. Providers will be able to recoup any payment reductions incurred for items provided from July 1 to December 31, 2016. The rescinded payment cuts will go back into effect on January 1, 2017. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard this year reaching out to Congress asking for their help! While this is not a permanent solution, it protects access for another 6 months and allows us needed time to work with the new Congress and Administration. We will start 2017 with Congressional CRT support at its highest level ever. This provides a solid foundation to get a permanent stop to inappropriate Competitive Bid payment cuts to CRT and to establish a Separate CRT Benefit Category. We sincerely thank all the Members of Congress for their support, particularly our CRT champions. These include Senators Portman (R-OH), Casey (D-PA), Cochran (R-MS), and Schumer (D-NY) along with Representatives Zeldin (R-NY), Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Crowley (D-NY), Brady (R-TX), Tiberi (R-OH), Kelly (R-PA), Nunes (R-CA), Price (R-GA), Loebsack (D-IA), Larson (D-CT), and DeGette (D-CO). Please email your Members and thank them for their support. Let them know we look forward to working with them next year to continue to protect access for people with disabilities. CRT stakeholders are proving that while it takes time to get the attention of Congress, if you have a good plan, good advocates, and polite persistence progress can be made. More details will follow, but for now thanks again to all the individuals and organizations who made this happen! | | Regards, Don Donald E. ClaybackExecutive Director | NCART Office 716-839-9728 | Cell 716-913-4754 [email protected] |www.ncart.us P.S. If you know of other CRT stakeholders who would like to receive these types of updates please have them sign up at the NCART website. | | | | | | See what's happening on our social media sites! | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology, 54 Towhee Court, East Amherst, NY 14051 | | | SafeUnsubscribe™ [email protected] | | Update Profile | About our service provider | | Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with | | | | | | | Try it free today | | | | | | |
