News report on healthcare billing fraud prompts senators’ call for federal action
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Six U.S. senators are seeking more information about CMS efforts to combat healthcare
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Illegal Activities
Genetic-Testing Scam Targets Seniors And Rips Off Medicare
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) The 86-year-old woman in rural Utah doesn’t usually answer solicitations from strangers, she
Read MoreFederal Suit Alleges ‘Staggering’ Urine Drug Testing Fraud At Tennessee Pain Clinics
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) The Justice Department on Monday accused a defunct chain of Tennessee-based pain clinics
Read MoreBeware: As technology becomes more sophisticated, so do scammers
Warning: Scammers targeting Medicare recipients with new genetic testing scheme. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of
Read MoreHHS OIG warns against genetic testing scam
(By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General issued a fraud alert
Read MoreHospitals Accused Of Paying Doctors Large Kickbacks In Quest For Patients
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) For a hospital that had once labored to break even, Wheeling Hospital displayed
Read MorePain Clinics’ Doctors Needlessly Tested Hundreds Of Urine Samples, Court Records Show
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) A Tennessee-based chain of pain clinics that abruptly shut down last summer faces
Read More53 medical professionals charged in sweeping opioid takedown
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Dozens of medical professionals in seven states, including 31 physicians, eight nurse practitioners,
Read MoreFeds break up $1.2 billion Medicare orthopedic brace scam
Published by STAT WASHINGTON — Federal authorities said Tuesday they’ve broken up a $1.2 billion Medicare scam that peddled unneeded
Read More3 drugmakers pay nearly $123M to settle kickback claims
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Three drugmakers — Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals — have agreed to pay $122.6
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