tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 1

DME: Feds Going Undercover To Catch DME Fraudsters

Companies that take pains to abide by Medicare regulations may have already averted a disaster - and not even known it.Here's why: The Federal Bureau of Investigations and the HHS Office of Inspector General are busy fronting as legitimate trading partners to gauge suppliers' compliance. TBC Products, Inc., which distributes enteral therapy products to skilled nursing facilities, was one of several entities to get snagged by "Southern Medical Distributors" - a durable medical equipment supplier manned by undercover federal agents. TBC allegedly provided enteral nutrition infusion pumps to SMD for free in return for the supplier's agreement...

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