Tag: Global Medical Direct
Government announces $12M Medicare fraud settlement
October 23, 2013HME News Staff
NEW ORLEANS - Robert Shea and Mark Franz, owners of a pair of Kansas-based diabetic supply companies, will pay the government $7 million to settle allegations of fraud, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., announced Oct. 22. Federal prosecutors charged the pair and their businesses submitted false claims to Medicare and to Louisiana's Tricare program. Global Medical, Inc. and parent company Global Medical Direct, LLC will pay $5 million from the proceeds of the sale of their assets; the combined...
Global Medical Direct inks consulting contract
March 26, 2013HME News Staff
LENEXA, Kan. - Global Medical Direct (GMD), a medical equipment provider with HME and diabetes supplies branches, signed a consulting contract with Connectyx Technologies, according to a press release. A healthcare business process outsourcing company based in Stuart, Fla., Connectyx will provide management consulting for GMD and its two sub-branches—Midwest Medical Services, a diabetes footwear provider; and Complete Medical Homecare, an HME company. The consulting work will include compliance...