Government Audit Insider: OIG issues report on suppliers’ compliance
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, April 3, 2007
The OIG announced last week that it has issued a report on compliance of suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supply (DMEPOS) with selected Medicare requirements.
The report, entitled "South Florida Suppliers' Compliance With Medicare Standards: Results From Unannounced Visits," contains the findings of site visits to medical equipment suppliers in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. These counties were targeted for review based on previous allegations of supplier noncompliance with Medicare standards.
During the site visits, OIG found that 45% of DMEPOS suppliers in the three South Florida counties did not comply with at least one of the five standards reviewed. Thirty-one percent of suppliers did not comply with the first two requirements of maintaining a facility at the business addresses that they provided to Medicare and being open for business during posted hours. Another 14% of the Florida suppliers were open but failed to meet at least one of the three remaining requirements that OIG reviewed.
Click here to read the OIG's entire report.
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