From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Pilot Program Targets Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers

by Nolan and Auerbach on August 29, 2007

The federal government has instituted a two-year pilot program, in Florida and California, targeting medical equipment suppliers in to root out those who defraud Medicare, by requiring them to reapply to the program. As the result of this program, sellers of durable medical equipment such as providers of artificial limbs, braces, splints and wheelchairs need [...]

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South Florida Company Bilks Medicare Out of $170 Million

by Nolan and Auerbach on August 28, 2007

R&I Billing was charged with fraudulently billing Medicare $170 million for infusions of HIV drugs. The scheme worked as follows: “From roughly October 2002 through April 2006, HIV clinics in South Florida serviced by R&I Billing allegedly provided bills to Medicare that indicated patients were being injected with excessive amounts of HIV medications…Based on claims [...]

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