What is The SCOOTER Store Guarantee?
It is our job at The SCOOTER Store to match our product with customers who have a legitimate and verifiable need for them. In the spirit of the CompanY’s guiding principle ‘Always Do the Right Thing’,...
View ArticleHow Being an Owner Motivates Employees to ‘Always Do the Right Thing’
Doug and Susanna Harrison understood from the beginning that employees with a strong interest in the long-term health of their company would be motivated to protect the interests of their customers....
View ArticleShift in Strategy: Medicare Targets Fraudulent Dealers
For almost five years now, I have been educating Congress on a number of ways to fight real fraud in the Medicare system. Some of those initiatives include mandatory third party accreditation,...
View ArticleShift in Strategy: The Rest of the Story
While the demonstration project in South Florida and Los Angeles should indeed help to reduce fraud and abuse, there are ways to make it even more effective. CMS has publicly announced that its...
View ArticleDisability Advocates Voice Their Opinion
One of the nation’s largest disabilities groups, American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today or ADAPT, held a live demonstration yesterday in Chicago. According to WGN News, the protest was held in...
View ArticleLatest Medicare Power Wheelchair Proposal: Friend of Foe?
For the past several months, Congress has been discussing a proposal that would deliver a major blow to Medicare coverage of power wheelchairs, which yearly help thousands of senior citizens and people...
View ArticleHonoring Our Veterans…
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending one of the greatest veteran’s gatherings you will ever see in Washington, DC. This gathering was held at the National World War II Memorial. The...
View ArticleMESSAGE TO CMS: Fraudulent Dealers are NOT the Mobility Industry (Part 1 of 2)
At a recent congressional briefing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), sharply criticized the Durable Medical Equipment industry, decrying that rampant fraud costs the Medicare...
View ArticleMESSAGE TO CMS: Fraudulent Dealers are NOT the Mobility Industry (Part 2 of 2)
CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) should be applauded for recently implementing mandatory accreditation that will provide closer inspection of suppliers who will be allowed to bid for...
View ArticleStaying the Course and Doing the Right Thing…
When Americans need medical assistance or equipment, they usually rely on private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare to provide what they need for their health. But with 47 million people uninsured and...
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