tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 10

DME: OIG HANGS UP ON DME TELEMARKETERS

Irked by telemarketing calls? So is the HHS Office of Inspector General — and if durable medical equipment suppliers don’t take heed, they could end up defending themselves against False Claims Act charges. In a Special Fraud Alert released March 3 — the first such issuance from the OIG since early 2000 — the watchdog agency warns DME suppliers that they can’t get around a ban on making unsolicited telephone sales calls to Medicare beneficiaries by hiring independent marketing firms. The agency says it has received “credible information”  that some suppliers are using such firms...

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