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"Taking the Taxpayers for a Ride: Fraud and Abuse in the Power Wheelchair Program"

April 28, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements:
Charles Grassley, IA
Max Baucus, MT

 

Witness Statements:

Panel I

Witness/Defendant who plead guilty to DME Fraud

Panel II

The Honorable Leslie Aronovitz, Director, Health Care, Program Administration and Integrity Issues, United States General Accounting Office, Washington, DC

The Honorable Dara Corrigan, Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

The Honorable Herbert Kuhn, Director, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Panel III

Dr. Laura Cohen, Physical Therapist and Assistive Technology Practitioner, Consultant to TriWest region of TRICARE, Tuscon, Arizona

Power Wheelchair Coding Proposal Rationale
Power Wheelchair Clinical Indicators
Power Wheelchair Codes Matrix

Henry Claypool, Co-Founder of Advancing Independence, Washington, DC

Ms. Kay Cox, President and CEO, AA Homecare, Alexandria, Virginia

 

 

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