Scooter Store Caught Cheating the Government Out of Millions

The Scooter Store received up to $87 million dollars in Medicare overpayments over the last several years for causing doctors to write prescriptions for these power wheelchairs that were not medically necessary.  Apparently, The Scooter Store is not alone in this activity.  Many of its competitors have behaved similarly in facilitating these types of overpayments.  Indeed, a 2011 report released by the Department of Health and Human Services said that an astounding 80 percent of power wheelchair claims did not meet Medicare’s coverage requirements. Medicare and its beneficiaries paid four times the average amount paid by suppliers for standard power wheelchairs.