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Physician Indicted for Medicaid Fraud and Invasive and Medically Unnecessary Testing

Med-Net Compliance

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictment of a physician and his company for defrauding Medicaid by forcing patients to get unnecessary and invasive medical tests. From January 2006 to August 2017, the physician allegedly gave?gift

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Linden to Acquire Aspirion

McGuire Wood

Founded in 2006, the company specializes in motor vehicle accident, third-party liability, workers’ compensation, Veterans Administration, out-of-state Medicaid, and Medicaid eligibility and enrollment claims. Aspirion , based in Columbus, Ga., is a full-service revenue cycle management company.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Linden Acquires Aspiron From Aquiline

McGuire Wood

Founded in 2006, the company specializes in motor vehicle accident, third-party liability, workers’ compensation, Veterans Administration, out-of-state Medicaid, and Medicaid eligibility and enrollment claims. Aspirion , based in Columbus, Ga., is a full-service revenue cycle management company.

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Seventh Circuit Clarifies “Authoritative Guidance” for the False Claims Act

Hall Render

However, some of the defendant’s customers typically paid less than the retail price for their medications through several discount programs that the defendant offered between 2006 and 2015. This footnote originated as a footnote in a memorandum issued by CMS in October of 2006. Practical Takeaways.

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An Overview of the New York OMIG Exclusion List

Provider Trust

In 2006, New York’s Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) was established as an independent office within New York State’s Department of Health to combat fraud and abuse in New York State’s Medicaid program.

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Proper Payments for Part B and Part D Drugs

Innovaare Compliance

Until the enactment of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) in 2006 [1] , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not cover most outpatient prescription drugs under Part B (“Part B drugs”). However, some drugs self-administered by Medicare beneficiaries at home are Part B eligible.

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SAC Health Theft Incident and Multiple Ransomware Attacks Reported

HIPAA Journal

The break-in was discovered on March 4, 2022, with the subsequent investigation confirming on April 22, 2022, that six boxes of paper documents had been stolen from the facility, which included files relating to patients served by SAC Health in 1997 and between 2006 and 2020.