Bill Popomaronis, R.Ph., NCPA vice president, home health and long term care pharmacy services, provides his thoughts and explanations on the latest DME information from CMS.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
OIG Implies Suppliers Have No One to Blame but Themselves
The Office of Inspector (OIG) conducted random supplier site visits in 2001. Of 169 DMEPOS suppliers sampled, 10 did not exist at their business address, yet they billed Medicare almost $393,000 in the two months AFTER CMS determined that they were absent. Fast forward to 2007 and CMS-1270-F - - mandatory accreditation. Make sense now?
