Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 5, 2022

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. He then directed his staff to submit claims for payment to Medicaid for those medically unnecessary tests. ?.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 20, 2022

A federal jury convicted a New York ENT doctor for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by causing the submission of false and fraudulent claims for surgical procedures that were not performed. Specifically, between January 2014 and February 2018, the doctor billed Medicare and Medicaid approximately $585,000 and was paid approximately $191,000.

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Verisys

MARCH 23, 2023

3 Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Laws Providers Should Know About In 2021, the Department of Justice reported recovering over $5.5 billion from settlements due to fraud and false claims. This is the largest amount recovered under the False Claims Act since 2014. government or a government contractor.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 16, 2022

Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and related healthcare fraud charges. Billing Medicare or Medicaid for services that were not provided is fraudulent activity that is often punishable by fines and imprisonment.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The agencies received millions of dollars in funding from Medicaid, which is funded in part by the federal government, and much of that money was meant to pay the wages and benefits of their aides. Under the Wage Parity Law, which is funded by Medicaid, aides are to be paid a minimum amount in total compensation.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This has been a growing trend in health care enforcement, and health care fraud remained the leading source of all FCA cases in 2022. Health Care Fraud Actions Medicaid. The Medicaid program was a target in 2022. COVID-10 Related Fraud. It also recovered $70.7 A pharmaceutical company paid $843.8

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