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UsersFirst Mobility Map
This knowledge book is designed to help you find answers to common questions about getting a wheelchair. Each chapter guides you step-by-step through the path of getting a wheelchair.
- 1. Getting Started
- 2. Your Wheelchair Team
- 2.1. Your Wheelchair Team: An Overview
- 2.2. Step 2: Gather your Wheelchair Team
- 2.3. More About Your Team Members: Physician or Doctor
- 2.4. More About Your Team Members: Clinician or Therapist
- 2.5. More About Your Team Members: Medical Equipment Supplier
- 2.6. More About Your Team Members: Consumer Organizations
- 3. Prescription and Assessment
- 3.1. Prescription and Assessment: An Overview
- 3.2. Step 3: Get a Prescription for a Wheelchair Evaluation and Assessment
- 3.3. Step 4: Attend Your Wheelchair Evaluation and Assessment
- 3.4. Accessibility Needs and Home Assessments
- 3.5. What to Expect at Your Evaluation and Assessment: Your Role
- 3.6. What to Expect at Your Evaluation and Assessment: Your Clinician or Therapist's Role
- 3.7. What to Expect at Your Evaluation and Assessment: Your Supplier's Role
- 3.8. Letter of Medical Necessity
- 4. Finding Funding
- 4.1. Finding Funding: An Overview
- 4.2. Step 5: Explore Traditional Funding Sources
- 4.3. Private Insurance
- 4.4. Medicare Coverage
- 4.5. State Medicaid Coverage
- 4.6. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- 4.7. Secondary Insurance
- 4.8. Step 6: Responding to Roadblocks
- 4.9. Dealing with Denial
- 4.10. Alternative Funding Sources
- 5. Ordering Your Wheelchair
- 6. Equipment Delivery
- 7. Living as a Wheelchair User
- 8. Wheelchair Seating and Mobility Basics
- 9. Wheelchair Glossary
