Healthcare 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
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Efforts 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,
Read moreHouse bill takes aim at healthcare fraud, abuse
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote the week of Nov.
Read moreMedicare 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,
Read moreFraud 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
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