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, May 28, 2009
Fraud is Fraud and It Hurts Us All
Pharmacy fraud is “unhealthy” for our industry. CMS has trouble distinguishing independents from other HME dealers when it comes to DMEPOS fraud. So I’m more than a little concerned when Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum recently announced a guilty verdict against a former Miami pharmacist for stealing over $1.3 million in prescription drugs from the Florida Medicaid program….and so should you!
