If you aren't having any luck with DMEs and doctors writing perscriptions and you can afford to go outside the system, any electrician can combine your plug fasteners with a new 24 volt charger and set you up. I wouldn't be surprized if radio shack has everything you need. good luck, john -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] wc tires
My battery charger quit working and I was down to about 3 bars and they wanted me to have my aid come get a nether charger that when we got it home, it was the wrong model. My brother saved today and he was able to come out and somehow get the connector to work but it seems to smell a little bit after the discharge so I have not charged for two days as the bars did not go down. I don't know what I do if he would not have come because my back up wheelchair will not work, because my aid did not charge regularly and the batteries are now dead, which my brother just bought last year at $188. I wrote my wheelchair company several times and calls them but just got voicemail. She would not even tell me how long it's going to take to get the batteries and if she had received by doctor order. She e-mailed me to not write her or call the voicemail anymore. I could not believe that. If my brother would not have been able to get the connector to work, I'm not sure what I would be! doing.and I'm not sure what he did. I would be sitting in a wheelchair without any power. The Permobil is almost impossible to push. I wonder if they are all that way. I don't like to be in my back up wheelchair, because it causes pressure on my rear as it only reclines and slides you down each time you recline.. I had to stay in bed a week after the last time I tear was repaired when it took three weeks to get the part because of the pressure although it was not open. We are told that we are responsible for our own arrangements if our wheelchairs are not working. No one will cover repairs to keep a backup functioning.. The company I deal with is Apria. It seems like they have only one person to repair anything and getting parts is so slow. They claim they are looking for someone, they probably don't want to pay anyone and make us wait. It seems really unfair. We don't have a lot of companies to choose from like able-bodied persons do with cars. Does anyone else have this problem, when their wheelchair is down. It seems like things will get worse with the new policy of waiting till the wheelchair repair costs are as much as a new chair. We will be having repairs all the time and not at once, so we cannot get a new chair for a long time. The repair people told me that it doesn't matter whether you have insurance or Medicare that the insurance pretty much follows the same rules as Medicare . What does anybody know about that or is it make a difference on what kind of insurance you have I wish it was that easy and I hope that its still that easy. DMEs are hiding behind their counters everytime someone rolls in. Many are requiring their customers to pay up front and then receive a rebate when CMS agrees to pay and finally DOES pay. Often, payments are slow due to code errors and refiling of the paperwork. And more denials. General policies have gone out the window with across the board approval. Most don't realize how bad it can be until they need a new chair or have to have their chairs repaired. Best Wishes W In a message dated 4/5/2007 4:39:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >From the dealer who carries your type of chair. Usually you can get a >prescription that says "wheelchair repairs" and have all wheels and batteries >replaced once/year. Bill age 56 C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68 Leesburg, FL See what's free at AOL.com. See what's free at AOL.com. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
