CMS’ Lack of Supplier Oversight Puts Funds at Risk
The government's limited review of Medicare equipment vendors' reimbursement claims is putting millions of dollars at risk, according to a Government Accountability Office report. CMS acknowledged that there were problems with its enrollment procedures and said it recently implemented new standards that require medical suppliers to be certified.
- "Lax Oversight Risks Millions of Medicare Dollars" (Yen, AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 8/3).