tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 4

DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Suppliers Blast OIG For 'Unworkable' Fraud Alert

Feds show lack of understanding in interpretation, industry says. Suppliers may have to change the way they do business if the feds stick by a new interpretation of telemarketing fraud for durable medical equipment. In a special fraud alert published in the Jan. 14 Federal Register, the OIG warns suppliers that they should not contact a Medicare beneficiary by phone based solely on a physician's verbal or written order for durable medical equipment. New twist: Suppliers can initially contact beneficiaries via phone only with express written consent, the OIG reminds suppliers in the alert that is based on an...

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