Educational Material

One of the biggest challenges to access to Complex Rehab Technology is a lack of understanding as to the people, products, and processes involved. To help tell the Complex Rehab Technology story NCART has assembled a variety of documents, studies, and presentations to be used in this educational process.

  1. About NCART - One page introduction.
  2. CRT Facts and Figures - One page with key CRT message points.
  3. CRT Company Overview - A review of the products, people, process and costs involved in providing CRT. Includes “delivery process” and “business costs” exhibits.
  4. Complex Rehab Mobility Comparison - One page with photos of COMPLEX REHAB Mobility (7%) contrasted with STANDARD Mobility (93%).
  5. CRT Company Financial Profile (2008) - One page chart with primary activities listed.
  6. CRT Delivery Process - One page identifying 18 primary activities in the “delivery” process.
  7. CRT HCPCS Billing Codes -
    1. Separate Benefit Category CRT Codes
    2. Broader List - includes SBC CRT Codes and Other Supplemental Codes
  8. "COMPLEX" by Mark Sullivan - 63 page booklet that provides in-depth narrative and photos profiling people that use CRT, its benefits, and how it is provided.
    1. Preview COMPLEX 
    2. Order hard copies from NRRTS
  9. Separate Benefit Category (SBC) -
    1. Medicare Position Paper - Two pages outlining need for Separate Benefit Category.
    2. Proposal - 37 pages with the background, basis, and details of the SBC project.
    3. Draft legislative language - Prepared as guideline for Congress.
    4. State Position Paper - Two pages tailored to the Medicaid Program.
    5. State Outline - Three page template that can be used as a starting point to develop a State SBC proposal.
  10. Simon Business School Financial Study (2008) - Independent study of the financial performance and activity cost allocations of CRT companies done by University of Rochester (32 pages).
  11. CRT Order Workflow Tasks - List of 31 tasks and other “activity” details.
  12. Problems with Cost-Plus methodology - Two page position paper.
  13. CMS 2009 Product Categories - List DME/CRT codes by product categories that were reduced by 9.5% in 2009 (42 pages).
  14. University of Buffalo Wheeled Mobility Study
  15. Hosting A Visit At Your Business
  16. CRT Consumer Stories -
    1. Brandon's Story
    2. Matt's Story
    3. Robin's Story