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Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Medicare Beneficiary Identifier Trafficking Case

HIPAA Journal

The Department of Justice has announced one of its first prosecutions under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 in a case involving the theft and sale of Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers. MACRA also made it illegal to buy, sell, or distribute Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers without proper authority.

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Michigan Podiatrist Convicted of $1.8 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Med-Net Compliance

million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for services under another doctor’s name after Medicare revoked his privileges to participate in the program. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the podiatrist was revoked from participating in the Medicare program in January 2015.

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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.

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DOJ and OIG Use Complex Data Analysis To Find Medicare Fraudsters

The Health Law Firm

The health care industry has found a similar success in recent years, as federal agents use data mining, predictive analytics, and other modeling approaches to catch Medicare fraud. Medicare Strike Force Enhanced to Reduce Billion-Dollar Losses.

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OIG Annual Work Plan for 2016 Series: Spotlight on Medicare and Medicaid Areas of Fraud Part One of Two

The Health Law Firm

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its 2016 Annual Work Plan (Work Plan) on November 2, 2015, with an effective date of October 1, 2015.

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The History of Healthcare Compliance

MedTrainer

Medicare and Medicaid (1960s): The introduction of government-funded healthcare programs brought about increased scrutiny and regulation. Compliance in healthcare began to encompass billing, fraud, and abuse prevention. Compliance evolved to include performance reporting and quality metrics.

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False Claims Lawsuit Filed Against Alabama Psychiatrist  for Improper Prescribing of Nuedexta to Nursing Home Resident

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The complaint alleges that an Alabama psychiatrist caused the submission to Medicare and Medicaid of false and fraudulent claims for the prescription drug Nuedexta. From 2015 through 2019, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Nuedexta paid the Alabama psychiatrist more than $400,000 to make speeches about Nuedexta.