Whatâs a SLA: Service Level Agreement. A Service Level Agreement (âSLAâ) is a very important component of a relationship between a service provider (your business) and a client (your customer).
WHAT: Medicare pays $800 to rent a wheelchair that retails for $350. COST: Medicare spent $188 million on manual wheelchairs in 2009; officials can't say how much of that involved overpayments.
Determine whether you should rent or buy your wheelchair. Rental can be cheaper in the short term, so you may choose to rent, rather than buy, your wheelchair. If you rent, Medicare will cover rental costs for up to 13 months. After 13 months, you will own the equipment.