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In order to ensure that you receive the service that you require, a team of specialists is on hand to give you a free Mobility Consultation. Call today to take your first step on the road to regained mobility.
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Once you have completed the free mobility consultation, you will need your mobility to be evlauated by your physician. Your ScooterBros specialist will be able to walk you through this process.
We Collect Required Paperwork Block:
Once you have completed your free mobility consultation and have been evlauated by your physician we will collect all the paperwork that is required to get you the services that you need.
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Once the consultations have been completed and the paperwork has been submitted, we will deliver your scooter right to your front door.
Testimonials Block:
After a car accident left me paralyzed from the waist down, I thought my life was over. Without mobility how could I survive? How could I continue to provide for my family? Worse yet, how could I be a father to my 14 month-old son? My imgaination went wild, presenting me with pictures of being bedridden; cut off from everyone and everything I cared about and I began to spiral down into depression. But then my doctor recommended that I contact ScooterBros. Their courteous and professional consultants walked me through the whole process and within weeks I was mobile once again! Their concern for my health and safety was heart touching and very much appreciated. Thanks to ScooterBros I have my life back!
Do You Qualify Information Block:
ScooterBros ScooterBros was founded on a very basic belief; that everyone, no matter what their circumstance, has the right to freedom of movement and the chance to pursue their dreams. Therefore it became our mission to ensure this right by providing the very best in personal mobility products at a price that can fit even the tightest of budgets, guaranteeing that you save not only money, but time and energy as well.
At ScooterBros your health, safety and mobility are our top priority. Our products and services have undergone the most rigid of testing with proven results, and best of all, we make it easy for you to become independent once again.
To see to that as many people as possible can take advantage of our services, we have streamlined our process of qualification determination down to four simple and easy-to follow steps.
• First: for your safety you will need to go through an initial phone consultation with one of our professional advisors who will ask you a series of questions to determine if ScooterBros products are right for you.
• Second: to ensure that our products are right for you, you will then have to have your mobility evaluated by your physician. The ScooterBros Reperesentative will tell you what questions your physician needs to address and what forms they will be required to fill out.
• Third: You will not have to worry yourself about submitting multiple forms to multiple individuals or organizations, ScooterBros makes it easy. We will collect all the paperwork that is required to ensure that you receive the services you require.
• Fourth: Once your evalutaions are complete and the paperwork has been collected and submitted, ScooterBros will deliver your scooter right to your doorstep, giving you back your mobility in less time than you could have imagined.
Your ScooterBros representative will walk you through the entire process; from your initial consultation to the delivery of your scooter and will answer all your questions and provide you with the guidance needed to make the process as smooth and as painless as possible.
Don’t hesitate! Contact ScooterBros today to receive your free mobility evaluation and take your first step on the road to regained mobility!

The proposed rule change would eliminate the first-month purchase option for power wheelchairs provided by Medicare, requiring all Medicare beneficiaries to wait 13 months before owning their chairs.

This extended period before ownership could lead to two problems for consumers, warns Annie Kennedy, MDA’s vice president of advocacy. It could result in fewer power wheelchair options being available to consumers from authorized providers, and in consumers losing access to their uniquely customized power chairs if they have to go into the hospital or other care facility during the 13 months before ownership.

MDA’s Advocacy program urges interested Medicare consumers to contact their representatives about the proposed rule change.
Consumers prefer owning to renting

Under current regulations, people who obtain a power wheelchair through Medicare have the option of buying the chair any time during the first month after it’s provided by a Medicare-authorized provider. If they chose to purchase during the first month, Medicare reimburses the provider at government-approved rates for the chair’s cost.
If Medicare beneficiaries don’t choose to buy the chair during the first month, then Medicare rents the chair for them from the provider for 13 months. The first day after the 13th rental month, title to the chair is conveyed to the beneficiary. During the 13-month rental period, the chair belongs to the provider.

More than 90 percent of Medicare beneficiaries choose the first-month purchase option because the chairs are highly customized for the users’ unique needs, and beneficiaries don’t want to risk losing them if they enter the hospital or other professional care facility during the 13-month rental period.

A Medicare beneficiary’s prescription for a rental wheelchair is temporarily “discontinued” while he or she is in such a facility, and the chair reverts back to the provider, who can pick it up and rent it to someone else. When the beneficiary leaves the care facility and needs another chair, his/her original rental chair may be no longer available.
Providers want to recoup their investment

Providers purchase all the chairs they sell upfront – an expensive investment. They’re accustomed to receiving full payment during the first month for about 90 percent of the Medicare-authorized power chairs they provide. If legislation removes the first-month purchase option, providers instead will receive their payments over 13 months for these chairs.

As a result, providers in many cases may be financially unable to maintain inventories of wheelchairs with a variable range of capabilities, says Kennedy. This means wheelchair users may find it difficult to obtain chairs that meet their specific needs.

It wasn’t until 1933, however, that the first lightweight collapsible steel wheelchair was invented by Harry Jennings and his disabled friend Herbert Everest, both of whom were engineers. Everest and Jennings. The “x-brace” design they came up with is still a common design in wheel chairs, though the materials have been updated and many extra features have been added.

Over the intervening decades, the improvements to wheelchairs have been many and varied, as have the types and styles that have made their way across designer’s pages. From rigid wheel chairs to wheel base chairs to transport chairs, standing wheelchairs and ultra-light sports chairs, the designs and materials used are innumerable.
Wheel chairs have been made more comfortable with the addition of supports and slings and springs and adjustability, more stylish with easy-to-care-for materials, more practical with holders and attachments for carrying crutches and braces and personal items. But perhaps the most startling improvement came with the introduction of motorized wheel chairs.

Motorized wheel chairs are wheel chairs that move not through manual force, but are powered by electricity and steered by means of navigational controls, usually similar to a joystick, mounted on the arm of the chair. Motorized wheel chairs are the most important type of chair for giving an individual back their independence, for it allows them to move about without relying on others for movement. Motorized mobility scooters are a proud part of the motorized wheel chair family.

A motorized mobility scooter usually has what is called a steering ’tiller’ or bar instead of the joystick, and fewer medical support options than motorized wheel chairs. On the upside, they are also less expensive than motorized wheel chairs and in some markets are available without a prescription. They come in a variety of sizes and types. It is this market; the market of motorized mobility scooters, that Scooterbros is proud to hold the title of top provider. Their new approach to ensuring that everyone possible is able to regain their mobility and independence, their particular attention to detail and superior customer service, put Scooterbros firmly in the history books when it comes to the history of giving individuals back their mobility and independence.

Suffering from limited mobility is a problem many seniors face today.  With advances in mobility products such as scooters and electric wheelchairs, these same seniors are experiencing a newfound convenience and independence that has brought back their sense of freedom.  Many times, those with a physical need for a scooter have the possibility of obtaining one without paying a penny out of pocket.  Many companies, such as ScooterBros, offer the option of working with one’s Medicare provider to cover all costs, from purchase to shipping.  The following is a guide to the types of mobility products available, including the pros and cons.

Mobility scooters allow one to have a low cost option in personal mobility without the emotional trauma of being restricted to an actual wheelchair.  The options one has when deciding on a purchase are staggering, including several types of styles, colors, and designs, and allow for full usage whether just for shopping or for navigating uneven terrain.  There are three different models that are made by most mobility companies: three wheel, four wheel, and compact.

Three wheeled scooters are usually easier to manage in tight spaces and allow for more leg room.  Four wheeled options are built for those who may weigh more than the average person and are more heavy duty, offering more stability than the three wheeled option.  Compact scooters make a great addition to one’s traveling repertoire, as these fold down, allowing for easy transport and storage.

The steering and control of a power chair or scooter is established through handlebars that are very similar to those of a bicycle.  This works best for those that do not suffer from upper mobility issues.  The average top speed is around eight miles an hour.  High-powered models are even usable on roads and other uneven terrain.  Scooters that do not have the folding option can still be transported relatively easily by purchasing a small trailer that easily attaches to the back of one’s car, truck, or van.

The scooter is definitely extremely cost-effective.  Prices range from $1000 low end to $5000 with all the bells and whistles.  Not only do they offer a great way to get one’s freedom back, but they are also much more cost-effective than the electric wheelchair.

In order to determine what is best for the individual, he or she must first assess exactly what his or her needs are.  Personal mobility scooters work best and provide the most benefit for people who do not have any issues with upper mobility and are only using the scooter for short periods of time, such as for shopping.  It also works well for those who have to transport the scooter in a car.

Suffering from limited mobility is a problem many seniors face today.  With advances in mobility products such as scooters, these same seniors can experience a newfound convenience and independence that will bring back their sense of freedom.  Many times, those with a physical need for a scooter have the possibility of obtaining one without having to pay a penny out of pocket.  Many companies, such as ScooterBros, offer the option of working with one’s Medicare provider to cover all costs, from purchase to shipping.  Visit ScooterBros online to see if one qualifies.