Gov't to reduce fraud and abuse for power wheelchair payments
Compliance Monitor, May 5, 2004
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
With spending 400% higher since 2000 for power wheelchairs covered by Medicare, CMS announced April 28 that it will take steps to reduce fraud and abuse and make sure providers understand payment policies, coverage, and quality of suppliers.
The initiative is designed to make sure the government pays what it should, and at the right price, Acting Deputy Inspector General Dara Corrigan said at the Health Care Compliance Association's annual meeting last week in Chicago.
CMS Administrator Mark McClellan said in a news release that his organization has cracked down on fraud and abuse in the wheelchair market in collaboration with the OIG in a project called Operation Wheeler Dealer. "Now we are moving to the next stage in strengthening our policies for power mobility devices," he said.
To read the CMS release, click here .
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
Related Products
-
Strategies for Health Care Compliance
News and real-life examples to increase the effectiveness of your compliance program. Strategies for Health Care Compliance...
-
Compliance Monitor
This HTML e-mail newsletter delivers news on Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, as well as recent documents and targets...
-
Medicare Weekly Update
Each issue of Medicare Weekly Update includes the latest CMS proposed and final rules, CMS manual revisions, and...
-
Medicare Update for Physician Services
Medicare Update for Physician Services is a free, monthly e-zine that delivers news and information to help physician...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- Cohesive History and Physical Requirements
- Searched