US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 20, § 30.5.3
Additional Purchase Option for Electric Wheelchairs
Effective May 1, 1991, suppliers must give beneficiaries entitled to electric wheelchairs
the option of purchasing them at the time the supplier first furnishes the item. DME
MACs or A/B MACs (HHH) make no rental payment for the first month for electric
wheelchairs until the supplier notifies the MAC that it has given the beneficiary the
option of either purchasing or renting. Information contained in Exhibit 2 may be
furnished to beneficiaries by suppliers to help them make a rent/purchase decision.
MACs provide copies of Exhibit 2 to suppliers. Payment must be on a lump-sum fee
schedule purchase basis where the beneficiary chooses the purchase option. If the
beneficiary declines to purchase the electric wheelchair initially, MACs make rental
payments in the same manner as any other capped rental item, including the instructions
in §30.5.2.
History
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
98d03ae8c2f1143315f4726f9f503dd65c1c47cd7080e972e8f2b8f13d2a1c31
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