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WASHINGTON - Providers of manual wheelchairs have big decisions to make, now that CMS has combined manual and power wheelchairs into one product category for Round 2 of competitive bidding.
That means, to submit a bid, manual wheelchair providers will also have to offer power wheelchairs, scooters and related accessories.
"I think that the fallout from this could be pretty far-reaching," said Rick Perrotta, president of Charlotte, N.C.-based Network Medical Supply, which offers both manual and power wheelchairs. "There's a lot of outfits that, by choice, don't do power wheelchairs. The bottom line is, I...