The SCOOTER Store Fact Sheet
Founded in 1991 by Doug and Susanna Harrison, The SCOOTER Store has 2,500 employees nationally. The world headquarters is located at 1650 Independence Drive in New Braunfels, Texas.
-
The SCOOTER Stores is committed to improving the quality of life for seniors who have mobility limitations.
- By providing them with power mobility, seniors avoid falls and fall-related injuries, and it keeps them out of costly institutional settings.
-
The SCOOTER Store has served over 600,000 senior citizens and disabled people nationally.
- We have locations in 48 states.
-
Our qualified service technicians make over 18,000 in-home visits each month.
- For over 20 years, we have worked with over 203,000 different physicians.
- The average physician prescribes one to two power mobility devices (PMDs) per year.
- Our business philosophy encompasses six core ideologies, none more important than the first: "ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING."
- The SCOOTER Store was named FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2004 (#58) and 2010 (#38), and voted "Best Places to Work in San Antonio" at #28 by the San Antonio Business Journal in 2006.
-
The SCOOTER Store is committed to pursuing higher standards within the power mobility device industry through voluntary, 3rd-party accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC).
- The company initially accredited with ACHC in December 2003 and re-accredited in 2006 and 2009. The SCOOTER Store is entering the final year of our current accreditation and in the beginning stages of re-accreditation with ACHC for 2012-2015.
-
Due to our meticulous screening process, 98% of the claims we have filed in our 20-year history have been paid by Medicare.
- Our screening process is made up of over 70 Quality Review Standards that include file reviews and file and phone audits to ensure medical necessity has been established by a beneficiary's physician.
- A team of 45 nurses with 520 years of clinical experience review the medical information to ensure medical necessity has been established by the beneficiary's physician.
- All guidelines set by CMS are followed thoroughly.
Other Power Mobility Benefits
In the mid 1990s, changes in technology allowed manufacturers to narrow the wheelbase of a power wheelchair and made it possible for people with mobility impairments to pass through most doorways in their own home unassisted. The results of these changes give senior citizens the ability to rely less on a caregiver and the freedom to carry out their own activities of daily living such as cooking, toileting, grooming, or simply moving from room to room.
RRC, Inc., in Bryan, Texas, conducted an economic study of Medicare data showing that by providing mobility equipment to senior citizens and people with disabilities who are medically qualified, Medicare avoids over $14,000 (today's dollars) in healthcare-related expenses due to less hospitalization as a result of falls and fall-related injuries.
