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In April 2009, the American Association for Homecare presented Congress with its 13-point legislative action plan, called the Medicare Anti-Fraud Legislative Plan, aimed at eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare’s home medical equipment sector. The plan’s steps, according to the homecare association, would eliminate most of the Medicare fraud attributed to the home medical [...]
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The federal government is about to announce a national effort to fight Medicare fraud by looking at billing by medical equipment suppliers. There has been an increase in Medicare fraud, particularly in Southern California and South Florida where Medicare are plenty. The crackdown is a nationwide effort by the U.S. Department of Health and Human [...]
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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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Federal officials have documented in excess of $140 million in Medicare fraud in South Florida alone. With 38 arrests in a recent sting operation, the government has said it will take a closer look at other providers of medical equipment. Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt has said that increased enforcement efforts nationally could save [...]
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In order to settle allegations that the Scooter Store submitted false claims to Medicare, the New Braunfels, Texas company agreed to pay the federal government $4 million and forego another $13 million in Medicare payments. The payments resolve several lawsuits including a whistleblower complaint from a former Scooter Store employee. The whistleblower will receive $3.2 [...]
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