tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 13

DME: 5 Weapons Against Wheelchair Fraud

Suppliers brainstorm for Operation Wheeler Dealer relief.If beleaguered wheelchair suppliers get their way, a 100-percent preapproval process could be the cure for Operation Wheeler Dealer ills.Measures stemming from the feds' crackdown on Medicare wheelchair fraud are killing legitimate suppliers, warned numerous participants in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services special listening session on the matter March 3. New restrictions on coverage policy and months of wheelchair claims holdups are cutting suppliers off at the knees, and preventing eligible beneficiaries from receiving their chairs on time or altogether, suppliers said.Suppliers want CMS and the durable medical...

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