tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 32

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Medicare Paid Nearly Four Times the Average Amount to Acquire Standard Power Wheelchairs

Plus: Michigan clinic manager pleads guilty to defrauding Medicare to the tune of $6.5 million -- over a six month period. Medicare could be getting gouged on standard power wheelchair costs. "Medicare and its beneficiaries paid almost four times the average amount paid by suppliers to acquire standard power wheelchairs during the first half of 2007," according to an August OIG report. For example, suppliers purchased standard power wheelchairs for an average of $1,048 and performed an average of five services in conjunction with supplying. However, because Medicare allows an average of $4,018 for those...

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