How to select a Rehab Technology Supplier for Complex Rehab Seating and Wheeled Mobility Systems
Choosing an appropriate rehabilitation technology supplier can be more difficult than you might think. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to make this task a lot easier.

In most cases, you should check with your insurance carrier for a list of preferred providers. Unfortunately, this is not always the way to find the best supplier.

Insurance companies typically seek out a few durable medical equipment (DME or HME) suppliers who are willing to offer the lowest price. Generally speaking, the lower the price, the fewer the services that are available. Sometimes these suppliers are skilled at providing rehabilitation technology products and services, but most of the time they are not.
 
  Usually they are good at two things - low prices and providing basic home medical equipment.
This may be acceptable for oxygen or for a bedside commode, where there is no real need for specialized adaptation. However, when you need a power wheelchair or a pediatric wheelchair
with specialized seating, the basic DME/HME supplier is generally not the best place to go.

Here are a number of other important points to help you locate a qualified Complex Rehab professional:
Utilize the NRRTS website, www.nrrts.org, to find NRRTS registrants. Go to the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America's (RESNA) web site (www.resna.org) and link to their directory of credentialed Assistive Technology Suppliers (ATS) or
Assistive Technology Practitioners (ATP). If you are a consumer, contact your physical or
occupational therapist and request an evaluation. Be sure to ask the therapist to invite the
rehab technology supplier in your area that has a proven track record of quality
and professionalism.

If you do not have a physical or occupational therapist, contact a nearby rehabilitation center
and request to speak to one of their seating and mobility clinicians.