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Medicare Cuts Off California, Florida Home Equipment Suppliers

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Medicare has ended the ability of more than 1,000 suppliers in the Los Angeles and Miami areas to bill the program for medical equipment like wheelchairs and bottled oxygen as a result of a program to combat fraud.

The agency in charge of Medicare, the U.S. government’s health program for the elderly and disabled, also issued a final rule requiring that most suppliers of such durable medical equipment post a $50,000 surety bond, according to a news release issued today.

The 1,139 suppliers that lost their billing privileges were among 5,600 that operate in south Florida and southern California, READ MORE HERE

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