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OIG Slams Medicare for Wheelchair Reimbursements, Again
Medicare paid $95 million during the first half of 2007 for beneficiaries' power wheelchairs that were not medically necessary or for which claims lacked sufficient documentation, according to an audit released by the Office of Inspector General.