AMARILLO, TX - One of the safe harbors is the “Employee Safe Harbor.” It states that if a person is a bona fide employee (full-time or part-time) of a provider/supplier, the compensation paid to the employee does not violate the AKS.

AMARILLO, TX - Historically, DME suppliers have taken care of Medicare patients and have billed CMS directly. This is known as “Medicare fee-for-service” (Medicare FFS). Also, historically, suppliers have taken care of state Medicaid patients.

AMARILLO, TX - All health care providers, including DME suppliers, should be aware of the federal anti-kickback statute (“AKS”).

AMARILLO, TX – DME suppliers live in the proverbial “glass house.” If a supplier is doing something it should not be doing, someone knows about it. That “someone” can be an existing employee, an ex-employee, a government enforcement/reg

AMARILLO, TX – Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (the “Beneficiary Inducement Statute”) prohibits a person from offering or transferring to a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary any remuneration that the person knows or should kno

AMARILLO, TX – A common question is whether a DME supplier is limited to collecting blue ink AOBs…or if the supplier can rely on recorded phone calls for AOBs. The short answer is that the supplier can use recorded phone calls for AOBs, but