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Medicare fraud charges leveled at suppliers in Texas, Pennsylvania.
Operation Wheeler Dealer continues to turn up millions in reportedly fraudulent motorized wheelchair claims. A Pennsylvania durable medical equipment supplier has forked over more than $335,000 to settle false claims act charges for power wheelchairs, and its former Chief Operating Officer and Compliance Officer faces possible jail time.
Bristol-based Inglis Durable Medical Equipment Company Inc. discovered billing irregularities after a routine billing information request to COO/CO Scott Katherine, an Inglis official told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Inglis fired Katherine and turned over its findings to the feds.
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