DME Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/dme/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:51:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Why DME Fraud Is Still a Gaping Hole in Medicare Integrity https://us.hitleaders.news/government/48933/why-dme-fraud-is-still-a-gaping-hole-in-medicare-integrity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-dme-fraud-is-still-a-gaping-hole-in-medicare-integrity Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:08:55 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=48933 The sentencing of Michael G.V. Comino to 22 months in prison for conspiracy to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks underscores a stubborn truth in U.S. healthcare: durable medical equipment (DME) fraud remains a persistent and lucrative conduit for siphoning federal dollars from Medicare.

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]]> Two Florida Doctors Convicted in $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme https://us.hitleaders.news/government/39074/two-florida-doctors-convicted-in-31-million-medicare-fraud-scheme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-florida-doctors-convicted-in-31-million-medicare-fraud-scheme Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:55:18 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=39074 A federal jury convicted two Florida doctors for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.

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