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Power wheelchair providers: There's more scrutiny under way
June 17, 2010Liz Beaulieu, Editor
From the it-should-have-been-reported-earlier-in-HME News files:
During Tuesday's CERT education call, officials talked about "supplemental measures" being taken on by the CERT contractor per Executive Order 13520, which was issued by President Obama way back in November. The goal of the order is "further intensifying efforts to eliminate payment error, waste, fraud and abuse in federal programs."
One of those supplemental measures: eight HCPCS codes for power wheelchairs. According to a timetable...