Supply Chain
Here are the supply chain updates ASC leaders need to know this week.
Crown Medical Solutions and its owners, Michelle and Philanzo King, have agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for unnecessary durable medical equipment. Crown supplied durable medical equipment such as…
CMS has spent months cracking down on suspected fraud among durable medical equipment suppliers, sharing two major updates in recent weeks: a new round of Medicare Advantage payment bars and the expiration of a six-month enrollment moratorium. Here are 10…
The former owner of two Massachusetts-linked telemedicine companies has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a $110 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in an August 20 news…
Medline has signed a prime vendor agreement with Lincoln, Neb.-based Doctors Outpatient Surgery Center. Through the partnership, the multispecialty ASC will have access to Medline’s portfolio of medical-surgical products, including surgical gloves, procedure packs and infection-prevention products, according to an…
Medtech company Johnson & Johnson and ACCESS, a physician-led management services organization, have signed a multiyear preferred portfolio agreement to expand adoption of advanced cardiac electrophysiology technologies in ASCs. Through the agreement, ACCESS-affiliated ASCs will be able to use a…
Two Florida men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme that submitted approximately $35 million in fraudulent Medicare Advantage claims for medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in a July 31 news release.…
A Georgia nurse practitioner who owned two telemedicine companies has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme that submitted more than $136 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for medically unnecessary orthotic braces and prescription drugs, the…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Chris Stewart CEO of supply chain for its ASC division, Surgery Ventures. Surgery Ventures jointly owns and operates approximately 150 ASCs across 16 states with more than 3,400 physician partners, according to a June…
Since March 24, the Justice Department has sentenced, accused or settled with four physicians and four durable medical equipment company owner for fraud cases. The activity comes as CMS is currently enforcing a six-month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment…