The Scooter Store received as much as $87.7 million in Medicare overpayments from 2009 to 2011, an independent auditor found, but the New Braunfels company only has to repay $19.5 million. Two U.S.
he nation's largest motorized-wheelchair supplier will announce today that it is pulling out of Harris County's Medicare market over a fraud crackdown it says has gone too far. The Scooter Store of ...
Last week's raid by 150 agents on The Scooter Store's corporate headquarters in New Braunfels — presumably as part of an investigation into Medicare and Medicaid fraud — capped a tumultuous couple of ...
More than 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries who have been leasing power wheelchairs and scooters from the bankrupt Scooter Store now can take ownership of the devices. An agreement between the company and ...
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) -- A Texas-based company that sells wheelchairs and motorized scooters to people with limited mobility announced Friday that it's shutting down for good, following federal ...
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The Scooter Store, familiar to U.S. TV viewers for its ads for motorized scooters, said it will go out of business after being cut off from Medicare contracts. The ...
NEW BRAUNFELS -- Federal and state agencies raided the Scooter Store's corporate headquarters on Wednesday morning to execute a search warrant. The investigation is just a part of an ongoing probe ...
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement by Doug Harrison, founder and CEO of The SCOOTER Store, on The SCOOTER Store's workforce reduction: I regret to announce that The ...
WASHINGTON — TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an “active” lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a ...
TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an “active” lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a baseball game.
Feb. 20 was supposed to be a big day for the Scooter Store. And it was - for the wrong reason. Company executives were confident they had found a lender willing to refinance the financially distressed ...
NEW BRAUNFELS -- Federal and state agencies raided the Scooter Store's corporate headquarters on Wednesday morning to execute a search warrant. The investigation is part of an ongoing probe into ...