tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 24

DME: PAY A BENEFICIARY, PAY THE PRICE

Mult-million-dollar fraud case keeps DME suppliers in the enforcement cross hairs. Paying patients for their Medicare information and illegally compounding nebulizer drugs has culminated in lengthy prison terms for five Floridians. Idania Arias will spend 10 years in jail, while Dr. Pedro Sarduy, Marco Burgos, Grisel Arias and Suzanne Burgos will serve out five years each for participating in what prosecutors are calling the biggest Medicare pharmaceutical fraud conspiracy ever in south Florida - purportedly a long-time hotbed of durable medical equipment-related fraud scams. According to U.S. Attorney Marcos Jimnez, the plot was masterminded by Idania Arias, and...

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