Florida Diabetic Supply Company Reaches Plea Deal for Overbilling Medicare $230K

Diabetic Services and Supplies in Jacksonville, Fla., has admitted to filing $230,000 in false claims to Medicare, according to a Florida Times-Union report.

The company struck an agreement allowing it to avoid a fine of up to $500,000. Instead, Diabetic Services has offered to pay back the $230,000 it falsely claimed from Jan. 2006 to July 2008. U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard accepted the plea deal.

The company overbilled Medicare for generic diabetic shoe inserts.

Read the Florida Times-Union report on Diabetic Services and Supplies.

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