BSN resolves allegations for $785K
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:39 AM CDT, Tue August 30, 2022
CHARLOTTE – BSN Medical has agreed to resolve allegations that it marketed and promoted various products that did not meet the Medicare or Medicaid program’s reasonable and necessary requirements, causing the submission of false claims for patients, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina. Charlotte-based BSN, which specializes in compression therapy, wound care and orthopedics, has agreed to pay $785,672 to resolve the allegations. From Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2017, BSN allegedly marketed and promoted various products that were not reimbursable because the company had not obtained approval from Medicare’s Pricing, Data Analysis and Coding (PDAC) contractor or approval had expired for three codes specifically, E2607, L0625 and L0626. The allegations arose from a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act and multiple state false claims act statutes. The claims resolved in the settlement are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability.
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