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Understanding the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s 2023 Annual Report

Provider Trust

This year, as always, the Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) released an annual report dissecting the exclusions, enforcements, and overall takeaways from their work throughout the previous fiscal year (FY). for every $1 spent How ProviderTrust Can Help With nearly 80 million individuals covered by Medicaid, every data point counts.

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Government expects to recover more than $3B from healthcare fraud, misspent funds in fiscal year 2023

Healthcare Dive

The HHS’ Office of the Inspector General’s report tallied 707 criminal enforcement actions and 746 civil actions for fraud and misspent funds in programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

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Dental Fraud Schemes Uncovered

Compliancy Group

This month, fraud in the medical industry has been making headlines fairly frequently. We also covered two Medicaid fraud schemes , one resulting in billions of dollars in billing for medical supplies that were never received. This went on from 2015 to 2022, when he was caught for fraud. Dentist Ordered to Pay $8.5M

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Essentials of Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Training

Compliancy Group

Components of Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Training One of the most important elements of CMS Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse training is defining and differentiating these three terms : Fraud is the deliberate attempt to obtain financial gain through deceptive means, such as providing false information. See how it works!

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3 providers to pay $22.5M to settle Medicaid fraud allegations in California

Fierce Healthcare

to settle Medicaid fraud allegations in California. 3 providers to pay $22.5M Thu, 12/08/2022 - 16:58.

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Manager of Dental Office Sentenced to One Year Prison Term for Defrauding Medicaid Out of More Than $813,000

The Health Law Firm Blog

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 1, 2021, a former dental office manager was sentenced to 12 months in prison for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. Indest III, J.D., Mahsa Azimirad, was the office manager for Universal Smiles, a D.C.-based based dental practice, according [.]

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Advice for New Physicians on Avoiding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse

HIPAA Journal

Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) has published a Roadmap for New Physicians on avoiding Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse. As a result of dishonest healthcare providers, laws have been created to combat fraud and abuse.

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