Medicare Paid $30 Million for Accumulated Repair Costs That Exceeded the Federally Recommended Cost Limit for Wheelchairs During Their 5-Year Reasonable Useful Lifetime
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According to the article:
“The accumulated costs of repairs paid by Medicare for some enrollee-owned wheelchairs that were within their 5-year RUL exceeded the federally recommended cost limit. For 504,794 of the 688,948 repairs (73 percent) that we reviewed, Medicare paid suppliers before the accumulated costs of repairing 77,200 wheelchairs had exceeded the federally recommended cost limit. However, the remaining 184,154 repairs (27 percent) were paid after the accumulated costs of repairing 16,962 wheelchairs had exceeded the federally recommended cost limit, resulting in $30.1 million in potentially unallowable Medicare payments.”
Read the full source article: Medicare Paid $30 Million for Accumulated Repair Costs That Exceeded the Federally Recommended Cost Limit for Wheelchairs During Their 5-Year Reasonable Useful Lifetime – DHHS OIG
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