3,000beneficiaries given orders for four or more braces each by one operator's providers
One New Jersey telemedicine operator's providers signed orders for four or more orthotic braces each for over 3,000 Medicare beneficiaries, and more than 40 of them received orders for 10 or more.
Medicare paid over $27.9 million on over $56 million in claims. The operator pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Source: US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. Read more: medicare brace and dme fraud · case file