Author Topic: Taxpayers Billed $27 Million for Hoveround Wheelchairs That Weren’t Medically Necessary (Read 474 times)

jmyrlefuller · « **on:** December 07, 2015, 11:49:17 pm »

http://freebeacon.com/issues/taxpayers-billed-27-million-for-hoveround-wheelchairs-that-werent-medically-necessary/

by Elizabeth Harrington
December 7, 2015

Hoveround was the subject of an audit released last week by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general, which faulted the company for failing to meet Medicare requirements before it charged the government for its electric wheelchairs.

In 2010, Hoveround provided 13,025 power wheelchairs to Medicare beneficiaries. Eighty-five percent of those who received the wheelchairs did not meet the necessary medical requirements, according to the audit. The findings were based on a sample of 200 individuals who received a power wheelchair from Hoveround.

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jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2015, 12:05:30 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWZp1U2iS4

GourmetDan · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2015, 02:22:56 am »

In other news... water has been found to be wet...

Author Topic: Taxpayers Billed $27 Million for Hoveround Wheelchairs That Weren’t Medically Necessary (Read 474 times)

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