CMS suspends 11 medical equipment suppliers for billing Medicare for dead beneficiaries

Federal regulators have revoked Medicare billing privileges for 11 medical equipment suppliers. The CMS action was taken after audits found the firms submitted claims for beneficiaries who had already died. This is part of an ongoing enforcement wave focused on DME and supply fraud, following a series of similar suspensions earlier in the year. The suppliers are now barred from the Medicare program. Verify the billing credentials of any DME vendor your practice uses and cross-check any outside orders against your own patient records to prevent associated claim rejections.