tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 2

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• You may think the seat can't get any hotter for durable medical equipment suppliers, but the OIG just turned the heat up another notch. Three out of five 2007 wheelchair claims the OIG inspected did not meet Medicare documentation requirements, the watchdog agency says in a new report. Two out of five claims had multiple errors per claim, the OIG says. Out of $189 million that CMS paid for power wheelchairs in a sixmonth period during that year, $112 million was improper due to faulty documentation, the OIG says based on a 375-claim sample. Biggest offenders: Complex rehab...

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