Health Policy and Economics

CMS Cracks Down on $3.4B DME Fraud

  CMS announced a $3.4 billion medical equipment supplier fraud scheme involving 11 suppliers and claims for deceased beneficiaries. Here is what it means….by Reginald Hislop III On September 8, 2026, CMS announced that it had moved against a medical...

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