WASHINGTON — After walking unassisted from the back of a Los Angeles courtroom, 85-year-old Euralda Clodomar refused the hand of a deputy and climbed into the witness chair. Let the record show, the ...

Fraud schemes involving power wheelchairs have exposed Medicare's fat and vulnerable underbelly, according to an article in The Washington Post. "Since 1999, Medicare has spent $8.2 billion to procure ...

Both of us have spent much of our lives in wheelchairs. But not just any wheelchairs. Ours are equipped with power seat elevation and standing technologies individually configured to meet our needs.

LaNoe Gibson of Palacios thought it was odd when two strangers knocked on her door and offered her a free motorized wheelchair or scooter. All she had to do was give her Medicare ID number and take a ...

Power wheelchairs are unique medical devices that bring independence to thousands of senior citizens each and every day. However, Medicare power chairs have made the news recently not because of their ...

WASHINGTON -- Medicare is refusing to pay for Andy Campbell's recently delivered $6,242 motorized wheelchair despite the advanced prostate cancer and heart disease that makes his every step painful.

My daughter, Katherine, is 21 years old. She has cerebral palsy and has relied on a power wheelchair to move around the world since she was 5 years old. With summer in full swing, she likes to roll ...

Age has slowed him down a bit, but he still maintains an active life. He's a regular at the 42-domino table at Cleveland's Senior Citizens Organization where his sister, Maxine Morris, is executive ...

Medicare does not cover the cost of wheelchair ramps because they are considered to be home modifications. However, some Medicaid programs may help with the cost. While Medicare will cover the cost of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Taxpayers may or may not like it. Companies that make or sell wheelchairs will hate it. Though expected for several months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid today formally ...

When you use a wheelchair, you may need ramps to help you access some areas of your home. But Medicare doesn’t consider these ramps medical equipment because they don’t directly treat any condition.

Armand Legault must make a pretty persuasive lobbyist. The 58-year-old Connecticut resident is knowledgeable, articulate and good-natured. But when it comes to his efforts to convince Congress to ...