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Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Reach of Identity Theft Law

HIPAA Journal

Prior to the Supreme Court ruling, there was no distinction between an identity thief stealing an individual’s identity and running up huge debts, a lawyer rounding up bills and only charging full hours, a waitress overcharging customers, and a doctor overbilling Medicaid. The Supreme Court decision related to the latter.

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Eye Specialist Fined $907,074.64 for Medically Unnecessary Treatments

Med-Net Compliance

to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. The ophthalmologist was identified by HHS-OIG as one of the top outliers for billing the Medicare program across all medical specialists in West Virginia, far exceeding the average of Medicare claims submitted by his peers.

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Safeguarding Against Medical Identity Theft Training

American Medical Compliance

When someone uses your personal information, such as your name, Social Security number, or Medicare number, to make false claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your consent, it is known as medical identity theft. This type of theft is just one example of healthcare fraud. trillion in 2015. trillion in 2015.

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Join The Health Law Firm Attorneys for a Presentation on Medicare and Medicaid Audits

The Health Law Firm

Leider with The Health Law Firm will be giving a presentation on Thursday, September 26, 2013, to the members of the Medical Office Resources of Florida (MOROF) and attending health care providers. This presentation is called, “Medicare and Medicaid Audits: Ready or Not, Here They Come.” Brown and Lance O.

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What is HIPAA?

HIPAA Journal

Title II: Preventing health care fraud and abuse; administration simplification; medical liability reform. The provisions related to administrative simplification are discussed below, while the provisions for medical liability reform (of which there are few) only relate to whistle blower protection for reporting fraud and abuse.

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Medicare Remains "High-Risk" Program

The Health Law Firm

A report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on February 27, 2013, announced that Medicare will remain a "high-risk" program with respect to its fraud and waste vulnerability. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm.

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DOJ Settles Self-Reported Referral Incentives With Dermatology Practice Manager

McGuire Wood

According to the DOJ press release, from January 2013 to July 2018, Oliver Street, doing business as U.S. The disclosure noted that claims for certain referred services were submitted for payment to Medicare, thus invoking the reach of the implicated federal laws. Care in email and transactional slides is warranted.

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