Beware: 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
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HHS 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
Read MoreDocument: Facing blame for seeding the opioid crisis, Purdue explored its next profit opportunity — treating addiction
(By David Armstrong – ProPublica co-published by STAT) Not content with billions of dollars in profits from the potent painkiller
Read MoreHealthcare accounted for bigger portion of 2018 DOJ false claims recoveries
(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) Of the $2.8 billion the Department of Justice recovered from False Claims Act
Read MoreEfforts to combat healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse is paying off
The University of Southern California and Harvard Medical School found in a new study the efforts to combat healthcare fraud,
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