| Durable medical equipment Medicare fraud |
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| Medicare and/or Medicaid pays for certain durable medical equipment (DME) when it’s been ordered by your physician through the issuance of a Certificate of Medical Necessity, or CMN. What is durable medical equipment? It’s typically medical equipment that can be used repeatedly and is often used in the patient’s home or other place of residence, such as a nursing home.
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| Long term care hospital Medicare fraud |
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| Medicare fraud takes many forms and its astute practitioners know all the angles when it comes to illegally going after the government and the people’s taxpayer dollars. One particular prevalent Medicare fraud practice involves long term acute care hospitals (LTACH) and Medicare patients needing their services.
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| Deputy Inspector General discusses nursing home Medicare Fraud in the US |
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| The House Government Reform and Oversight Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee on Human Resources hosted George F. Grob during hearings on nursing home Medicare fraud.
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| The Medicare program represents the biggest pot of gold or perpetual payday for those who seek ways to tap its almost endless coffers. And while fraud has many faces, one area where attempts have been made to grab the gold is the ambulance transport industry. Most providers are honest and ethical but exceptions exist, as we shall see below.
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