Colorado lawmakers have introduced two bills to try to make the wheelchair repair process a little easier. via Meghan_Lopez
DENVER — If there’s one thing Oliver Giminaro has a lot of, it’s patience. It’s not that Giminaro wants to be a patient person, per say. He’s just gotten a lot of practice at it over the past three decades waiting for wheelchair repairs.
Because Giminaro uses Medicaid to pay for the chair, the process to make the repairs can take a long time. First, he has to report the needed repair to the wheelchair provider. Then, a technician has to come out to verify that the repair is needed. Next, the company must file paperwork in order to get prior authorization from Medicaid to pay for the repairs. The replacement part is then ordered, and a technician will return to make the repair.
“If you had an automobile and they said it's going to take four to six months to fix, that would be unacceptable, and a wheelchair is so much more important than the automobile,” Giminaro said. “It would save them a trip, it would save them the time and it would save me the hassle of having to wait,” Maestas said. “We could go from 53 days probably to seven, and what a difference that would make for my life.”
Ortiz is a prime sponsor on both bills. He is also Colorado’s first state lawmaker who uses a wheelchair.
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