Submitting OIG:
Report Description:
Medicare covers nonemergency ambulance transportation when furnished to a beneficiary whose medical condition is such that other means of transportation could endanger the beneficiary's health. Medicare paid Midwood Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc. (Midwood), an ambulance company in Brooklyn, New York, $23.5 million for 114,000 claims with payments of $100 or more for nonemergency ambulance transport services provided during 2014 and 2015 (audit period).
Date Issued:
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Agency Reviewed / Investigated:
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:
A-02-16-01021
Component, if applicable:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
External entity, if applicable:
Midwood Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY
United StatesType of Report:
Audit
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