Medicare improper payments down $4.6B
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The improper payment rate for Medicare fee-for-service is at its lowest since 2010,
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Medicare Fraud; Illegal Activities
Fraud costs the government and consumers billions every year
Scams against government and private health care insurers form the largest type of insurance fraud according to the Coalition Against
Read MoreHow scammers are using telemedicine to defraud Medicare
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Donna Bell, MD, a Florida-based OB-GYN and primary care physician who practices via
Read MoreFormer healthcare company CEO to face sentencing in $150M fraud scheme
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A former healthcare company CEO has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money- laundering
Read MoreFeds Settle Huge Whistleblower Suit Over Medicare Advantage Fraud
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) One of the nation’s largest dialysis providers will pay $270 million to settle
Read MoreFraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare hospice program is ‘repellent’
(By Joanne M. Chiedi for STAT) Like many Americans, I have a story about hospice care for a loved one.
Read MoreMedicare overpaid millions for radiation therapy planning services, OIG says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals received up to $25.8 million in inappropriate Medicare reimbursement for outpatient intensity-modulated
Read MoreDon’t Be Misled by False Medicare or Social Security Ads
(Source – blog.ssa.gov) Online and otherwise, there’s a lot of information out there, and sometimes it’s difficult to tell what
Read MoreStakeholders want CMS to use analytics to stop fraudulent payments
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) In a July 17 House Ways and Means Committee hearing, government officials heard
Read MoreFeds charge 601 suspects in biggest healthcare fraud raid to date
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Federal officials charged 601 defendants in alleged schemes involving about $2 billion in
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