Stakeholders Dispute OIG Claim That Recent Fraud Was Caused By RPM

HHS’ Office of the Inspector General issued an alert Nov. 22 notifying Medicare beneficiaries of a fraud scheme that improperly bills Medicare for the monitoring, set up and education codes of remote monitoring devices that are not medically necessary. But virtual care advocates say the scheme OIG points to is not actually RPM fraud, but rather durable medical equipment and pharmacy fraud. One virtual care advocate compared the RPM fraud alert with the HHS OIG and Justice Department’s telemarketing DME...