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Comments are due in less than a month on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposals to make significant structural reforms to Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program (“CBP”) for ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reopened bids for durable medical equipment suppliers in a "round-one rebid" for its competitive bidding program for DME, prosthetics, orthotics ...
One such discrepancy is the fact that some Medicare-approved DME that enrollees primarily use outside the home are not subject to the “use in the home” requirement while others are.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off Competition,” a market-based research challenge aimed at harnessing artificial intelligence to detec ...
The defendants admitted that Family DME billed Medicare for expensive, rigid orthotics and braces that were packaged together and referred to as an “arthritis kit,” at a cost of approximately ...
The agency said it is looking for innovative solutions that can “uncover unusual patterns, anomalies, or trends that may ...
Medicare covers lifts under the durable medical equipment (DME) benefit of Original Medicare’s Part B. Here’s what you need to know if you or a family member want to get a Hoyer lift through ...
Medicare Part B covers diabetes test strips as a type of durable medical equipment. Learn how to qualify for coverage and expected costs here.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A Middletown resident was charged after allegedly defrauding Medicare of $680,000 in an alleged ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reopened bids for durable medical equipment suppliers in a round-one rebid for its competitive bidding program for DME, prosthetics, orthotics and ...
Houston Women Plead Guilty to DME Medicare Fraud Scheme Rolondae Mitchell-Straughter and Ana Quinteros both pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in an “arthritis kit” Medicare fraud scheme, ...