IC11 Complex Rehab Technology Update
Program ID Number: CRS000702
CEU Course ID: P284.15
Webinar Length of Time: 1.0 hour
Link to view the lecture presentation:
If you re a Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) provider, manufacturer, or clinician you need to stay current with the legislative and regulatory issues that impact your business or practice. This session will supply that information on both a federal and state level. Topics will include the Medicare Separate Benefit Category, Medicaid matters, and other important initiatives and trends. We’ll also review the latest tools available to promote access to CRT with policy makers and payers and how to use them effectively.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the latest regarding the Medicare Separate Benefit Category and other federal issues.
- List three latest trends regarding Medicaid issues and activities.
- Learn what lies ahead in the world of CRT that will impact access.
- List three ways to become active in protecting CRT access on federal and state levels and the resources available to help.
Faculty:
Donald E. Clayback
NCART
East Amherst, NY
United States
dclayback@ncart.usDon Clayback is Executive Director of the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART). NCART is the national association of complex rehab technology (CRT) providers and manufacturers focused on ensuring people with disabilities have adequate access to specialized wheelchairs, seating systems, and other adaptive equipment. Don has 28 years of industry experience as a provider, consultant, and advocate and is actively involved in industry issues. He is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences.
Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.
* Disclosed he has Interest with a Trade Association.
References:
- Congressional legislation- H.R. 948 and S. 948 Ensuring Access To Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013
- Kaiser Family Foundation studies at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/index.cfm
- Educational material at www.ncart.us
Updated | 06.25.2015