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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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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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Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s 2022 Annual Report Key Takeaways

Provider Trust

What is a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)? Fraud and abuse are unfortunate realities of the healthcare industry. Hundreds of claims and investigations are carried out yearly to combat the growing number of providers, organizations, and entities contributing to fraud and abuse within state and federal healthcare programs.

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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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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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Three Clinical Labs and Their Owner Charged with Medicaid Fraud and Kickbacks

Med-Net Compliance

Three independent clinical laboratories, their owner and holding company, an additional independent clinical laboratory and its owner, two laboratory marketing companies, and a Massachusetts physician have been charged in connection with Medicaid fraud, money laundering, and kickbacks involving urine drug tests?that

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