Pride Lift Chair Website – New Design for the new Collections

The official Pride Lift Chair website features an easy to navigate design, offering consumers images and information about Pride Lift Chairs, presented in easy-to-understand language, at www.prideliftchairs.com.

Redesigned to introduce the new Pride Lift Chair Collection brand names, the new lift chair website provides a detailed look at the models, fabrics, and accessories available. The "Why Pride Lift Chairs" feature gives users interactive access to information about the style, ease of use, and reliability of Pride Lift Chairs, as well as details about the warranty and the popular Pride Owners Club.

Also included is a "Find Your Lift Chair" section, which helps potential clients pick a Pride Lift Chair to suit their needs, based on height and weight.

Click here to visit the Pride Lift Chair website now.

Product Update: Go-Go Weight Capacities Increased

Two of the most popular models in the Go-Go Travel Mobility line now have increased weight capacities, allowing you to offer more clients than ever the benefits of enhanced mobility.

The Go-Go Elite Traveller weight capacity is now 275 lbs., while the Go-Go Ultra X has a weight capacity of 260 lbs.

Both travel scooters feature:

• Feather-touch disassembly for simple frame separation with only one hand
• Auto-connecting front to rear cable
• All-new frame design easily disassembles into 5 super lightweight pieces for convenient transport and storage
• Modular design for easy serviceability

Click here to visit the Go-Go Travel Mobility website.

Click here for order forms.

Click here for brochures.

Pride Government Affairs Update - May 7, 2008

House Ways & Means Health Subcommitte Holds Hearing, click here.

Low Cost Advertising Ideas

Do you want to advertise without breaking the bank but don’t know where to begin? Help is here!

Did you know that your existing customer database is your largest untapped resource for advertising? The best way to create repeat business is to continually educate your customers by letting them know the products you offer and that you value their business.

An excellent way to accomplish this is with mail stuffers. This is a very inexpensive advertising option. You already mail to your customer base so why not insert a sales message at minimal costs?  To make it easy for you, Pride offers generic mail stuffers right here on www.prideprovider.com that you can download, print, stamp, and utilize. It’s so simple and so effective.

Click here to view these mail stuffers.

Our latest in mail stuffers include:
• Lift Chair
• Scooter
• Scooter/Pride SilverStar Lifts & Ramps
• Jazzy Select
• Lift Chair/Scooter/Powerchair
• Spring Holiday Season

Also, please note that we can create customized, low-cost, mail stuffers for your specific business needs through our Custom Literature Department. Please consider using this resource, as hundreds of providers already have.

Please take a moment to review the latest mail stuffers. If you have any questions on how to print the stuffers or how to create a more customized advertising program for your business, please call Noelle Craig at 1-800-800-8586 EXT.1335.

J600 Temporarily Removed from Group 2

The J600 has been temporarily removed from the SADMERC classification list as a Group 2 product, but remains coded in Group 3. A modified version of the J600 will be available again soon as a Group 2 product. We recently made a product modification to the J600 Group 2 version which has been submitted to the SADMERC. This modification is a suspension change that will more closely align the product with Group 2 performance criteria. 

As a result, for dates of service on or after May 5, the J600 can be provided as a Group 3 product, with no changes to billing or documentation.  We anticipate Group 2 coding verification to occur within the next two weeks, at which time the modified J600 will again be classified as a Group 2 product. Until then, Providers can offer the J600 Group 3 version as a free upgrade to a Group 2 power chair. The claim would be submitted using the Group 2 codes with a GL modifier on the Claim Line. Then, in the extra documentation field, indicate that the client received a Group 3 product.

Pride apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this gap in code coverage, which was the result of an unforeseen delay in the SADMERC coding process. Our goal was to keep the J600 available in Group 3, while retaining a specific Group 2 unit, and we anticipated a seamless transition but, again, were delayed due to circumstances beyond our control.

For more information, or if you need assistance with any billing or coding issue, please contact a member of Pride’s Product Planning & Reimbursement Team at 1-800-800-8586.

We will alert you immediately upon notification that the J600 has received its Group 2 coding verification.

Medtrade Spring is Underway

Medtrade Spring kicks off today at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA, and runs through Thursday, May 8.

All of the latest product and service innovations from Pride and Quantum are on display at Pride Booth #910, and our expert personnel are on hand to answer questions on industry affairs, marketing services, products, and more.

Medtrade Spring offers a marketplace of over 400 exhibiting companies showcasing 90,000 net square feet of products and services. This leading event draws over 4,000 industry professionals from across the United States and around the world.

Pride Uncovers Potential Impropriety in Riverside, CA, CBA

Pride Mobility Products Corporation has recently uncovered potential problems within the Riverside, CA competitive bid area (CBA) related to the standard power wheelchair product category. At this time, we are asking Secretary Michael Leavitt to launch a full investigation into this matter.

A letter from Scott Meuser, Chairman & CEO of Pride Mobility Products Corp., to Secretary Leavitt concerning these issues, states in part:

“The information that has been reported to us is that 18 of the winning standard power wheelchair category bidders had all of the following in common: price, product supplier and consultant.  This information has been corroborated to us by multiple sources.”

As previously reported by CMS, data from Riverside, CA, indicates that the winning bids were 50 – 70% lower than the current Medicare allowable versus the national average of 25%. This information further supports the notion that the integrity of the process may have been compromised. Scott Meuser went on to urge Secretary Leavitt, “this is an important matter that requires immediate action in light of the short timeframe that exists prior to implementation of the program on July 1, 2008.”

We are asking providers to raise these concerns when educating all industry stakeholders and government officials about the competitive bidding process. This information strongly suggests the need for a delay so that the competitive bidding process can be fully and properly evaluated prior to implementation.