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Feds bust $1.2B brace fraud scheme

April 10, 2019HME News Staff

WASHINGTON - The federal government has charged 24 defendants, including executives at five telemedicine companies, the owners of dozens of DME companies and three licensed medical professionals, for their roles in a healthcare fraud scheme that resulted in $1.2 billion in losses. In addition, CMS's Center for Program Integrity has taken adverse administrative action against 130 DME companies that submitted more than $1.7 billion in claims and were paid more than $900 million. The charges...

Braces, Criminal Charges, Fraud


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Mobility

Scooter Store execs dodge criminal charges

May 12, 2016HME News Staff

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - The Justice Department will not bring criminal charges against former executives of the now defunct The Scooter Store, according to the San Antonio Express-News.“Based on the results of a five-year investigation, the Justice Department does not believe it has sufficient evidence to prove criminal liability beyond a reasonable doubt as to senior managers at The Scooter Store,” said agency spokesman Peter Carr in an email to the newspaper.The decision comes more than...

Criminal Charges, Investigation, The Scooter Store


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