$100 million for artificial legs and feet in question

By Alexandra Duszak

Medicare IG report bares $100 million in questionable costs for artificial legs, feet

Excerpts from this story referencing "referring physician":

"… aid $61 million that year for beneficiaries who did not have claims from a referring physician. Without a referring physician, the risk that a claim is fraudulent increa …"

"… eneficiaries who did not have claims from a referring physician. Without a referring physician, the risk that a claim is fraudulent increases.The Centers for Medicare &a …"

"… , resulting in claims that were medically unnecessary or did not include a referring physician. Additionally, only two of the contractors analyzed claims with a particul …"

"… d claims that did not comply with Medicare requirements or were not from a referring physician. These suppliers accounted for more than half of inappropriate Medicare pa …"