Posts Tagged ‘Medicare Fraud’

Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Louisiana Health Care Fraud Scheme

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WASHINGTON—An Atlanta resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a Louisiana-based Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of …
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Senior Spotlight: Patrol offers advice on Medicare fraud

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“Our goal is to educate seniors so they can spot a scam before it happens and report it to our hotline number.” The toll-free number to report Medicare fraud is (877) 767-4359. The Senior Medicare Patrol is a federally-funded program of the Jewish …
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Hospices Dumping Patients While Escaping Millions Owed to US

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Wyoming Medical Center Responds To Fraud Charges

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In 2007 former employee, Gale Bryden, charged the medical center with using fraudulent billing practices. Casper – January 4, 2012 – Wyoming Medical Center yesterday was served with a whistle blower suit originally filed by a former employee in 2007 …
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Former Psychiatrist Gets Judgment, Jail Time for Fraud

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The child, who had a severe seizure disorder, had been referred to Dr. Applebaum for the medical management of various medications, but prosecutors claimed the physician also billed Medicaid for individual psychotherapy services. "The billing code for …
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LA pastor gets 15 years in a .2 million Medicare fraud scheme

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The Complete Game

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First Derivative Traders , a Supreme Court decision that limits corporate liability in federal securities fraud cases. Thomas Hungar, a former deputy solicitor general, argued for client Microsoft Corporation in Microsoft Corp. v. …
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DOJ Health Care Chief and Former FCPA Assistant Chief to Join Jones Day in …

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He also led DOJ's Medicare Fraud Strike Forces across the country, which over the past five years investigated and prosecuted over 1100 defendants responsible for approximately $ 3 billion in health care fraud. While with the FCPA Unit, …
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DOJ Posts Record For Health Care Fraud Cases

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Two thousand eleven has been a record year for prosecutors who bring health care fraud cases. This year, the Justice Department pursued more than a thousand new criminal prosecutions nationwide. Authorities say the volume of theft from Medicare and …
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Computers containing medical info stolen
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By Patrick Danner, pdanner@express-news.net * Carefully read the Explanation of Benefits statement that health insurers send. Medicare beneficiaries should reach the Medicare Notice Summary. * Order a copy of your credit report and review them. …
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Preventive care: It's free, except when it's not
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"If it isn't fraud, it's immoral." President Barack Obama's health overhaul encourages prevention by requiring most insurance plans to pay for preventive care. On the plus side, more than 22 million Medicare patients and many more Americans with …
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Doctors bill hospitals for work they haven't done
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Some hospitals, which checked claims from visiting medical officers thoroughly, found errors in between 10 and 18 per cent of claims. The Audit Office of NSW estimates this rate is replicated across all public hospitals, many of which use ''minimal …
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Secrecy protects doctors with long histories of problems
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222117's medical licenses. Two professional societies took away the doctor's memberships. The Department of Health and Human Services banned the doctor from billing Medicare and Medicaid. And the Drug Enforcement Administration revoked the doctor's …
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Drawing the Line Between Fraud and Abuse in PIP Claims
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By James Ruototo, SAS The Insurance Research Council (IRC) estimates that about one-third of paid auto injury claims in Florida contain some form of fraud or abuse. But where is the line between hard fraud and abusive medical billing? …
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Not guilty plea in Medicare scam case
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(Roger Wilson/Staff Photographer) By Adolfo Flores, adolfo.flores@latimes.com A couple who ran a San Marino pharmacy have pleaded not guilty to charges of participating in an $ 18-million Medicare fraud scheme with a Glendale medical firm. …
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Policy and Industry Experts Push for Coordinated Solutions to Reduce …
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Roundtable panelists included Louis Saccoccio, executive director, National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA); John Spiegel, Director, Medicare Program Integrity Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid; Joshua Stein, senior vice president and …
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