MEDICARE DME SUPPLIER ON-SITE VERIFICATION OF APPLICANTS RECOMMENDED BY HHS INSPECTOR GENERAL BROWN; 41% OF SUPPLIERS FAIL AT LEAST ONE STANDARD
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
On-site verification of durable medical equipment supplier applicants by the Health Care Financing Administration is recommended by HHS Inspector General June Gibbs Brown in a Dec. 17 report to HCFA chief Nancy-Ann Min DeParle. "Primarily, HCFA could inspect the sites of all new applicants, or develop a profile which identifies high-risk ones," the report states, adding that Office of the Inspector General "would be willing to assist in developing such a profile."
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