Text of Recommendation | We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services work with the DME MACs to do the following, which if in effect during our audit period could have saved Medicare as much as $30,051,107 for wheelchair repairs: strengthen Medicare requirements to ensure that DME MACs review accumulated costs of repairs made to wheelchairs (including wheelchairs purchased on a lump-sum basis) during their 5-year RUL that exceed a certain cost limit and use this cost limit as a basis for determining when wheelchairs furnished by suppliers will not remain serviceable for their entire 5-year RUL. |
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Recommendation Number | 23-A-09-092.01 |
Recommendation Status | Open |
Significant Recommendation | No |
Recommendation Questioned Costs | $0 |
Recommendation Funds for Better Use | $30,051,107 |
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