Leslie,
I have refused to even respond to any requests for medical diabetic, etc, supplies for over 2 years. I have never been "blacklisted", if that even is possible. I still get several of theses "fraud faxes" every week. So much for those threats.
If patients whine about paying for their strips, I give them hand-written prescriptions -- as long as they give me at least a month of finger-stick sugar readings, showing how often they test. They only get one Rx a year -- sorry Charlie. I lay it out all in a sheet that staff gives to all diabetics.
I have refused to deal with these suppliers after several of my patients answered TV ads (merely requesting information) and "talking" diabetic meters arrived at their homes, allegedly ordered by me. Several hundred dollars were charged to Medicare. I reported these abuses to Medicare and my state attorney's office, but to my knowledge nothing has been done. So much for Obamacare's intent to finance reform with saving billions from Medicare waste and fraud.
Sometimes I think we all are in the same position as Will Smith in I am Legend. Zombie fraudsters have taken over the medical world and it's only a matter of time until they overwhelm us ...
