As part of the ongoing effort to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare Part D program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has engaged NBI MEDIC (Health Integrity LLC), an independent company, in an outreach effort to request that prescribing physicians verify prescriptions during the course of an investigation. When investigating a potential prescription drug fraud and abuse situation, a key element includes prescriber prescription verification to confirm whether or not the physician actually wrote the prescription in question. NBI MEDIC routinely mails the prescribing physician a prescription verification form to be completed within two weeks. NBI MEDIC investigators report that no more than 5 to 10 percent of prescribers respond to these requests. If you are contacted by NBI MEDIC, it is imperative that you respond to their request for prescription verifications within two weeks. A timely and complete response to prescription verification helps NBI MEDIC take appropriate action by confirming or eliminating an allegation of wrongdoing and/or preventing the payment for fraudulent prescriptions. For information on how IBC fights fraud, waste, and abuse, visit the Anti-Fraud page on our website.