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GAO finds gaps in equpment-supplier oversight

August 5, 2008 — 10:15am ET | By Anne Zieger
A series of tests conducted on behalf of the Government Accountability Office has found significant weaknesses in CMS's medical-equipment supplier screening process. In a new report, the agency... Read more...

Medicare paid almost $100M to dead doctors since 2000, report finds

July 9, 2008 — 12:45pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Since 2000, Medicare has paid out as much as $92 million to DME providers for equipment prescribed by doctors who were dead at the time, a Congressional investigation has found. During that period,... Read more...