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Florida Doctor Charged Criminally in $2.1 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Genetic Tests; Largest Medicare Fraud Scheme Ever

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 1, 2019, a Florida doctor was implicated in what federal investigators say is one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged. The vast fraud scheme totaled $2.1 billion worth of false Medicare and Medicaid claims between July 2018 and January 2019.

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How Serious are OIG Exclusions? Key Insights into the Fraud Risk Spectrum

Provider Trust

It’s no secret–when fraud enters healthcare, things get risky. But how exactly does the HHS-OIG (Office of Inspector General), the main body responsible for conducting investigations into suspected fraudulent activity, address healthcare fraud and assess future risk of these bad actors?

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Florida Doctor Charged in $2.1 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Genetic Tests

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 1, 2019, a Florida doctor was implicated in what federal investigators say is one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged. The vast fraud scheme totaled $2.1 billion worth of false Medicare and Medicaid claims between July 2018 and January 2019.

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Nurse Sentenced to 37 Months in Jail for Tampering with and Stealing Medications

HIPAA Journal

Mulvey, 30, of Grand Island, NY, worked as a registered nurse at Roswell Park between February 2018 and June 2018. On June 27, 2018, Mulvey was observed accessing a medication dispensing machine in a room to which she was not assigned and left carrying a backpack. Mulvey also agreed to surrender her nursing license.

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Pennsylvania Nurse Pleads Guilty to Neglect and Falsifying a Medical Record

Healthcare Compliance Blog

Evidence revealed that the nurse failed to administer a total of eight required neurological checks to the patient after he had an unwitnessed fall at the facility on the night of April 12, 2018. on the morning of April 13, 2018, as a result of a subdural hematoma. He was discovered deceased just after 7:00 a.m.

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Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Florida Compounding Pharmacy’s FCA Suit

Pharmacy Law Blog

The Health Law Firm represents pharmacists and pharmacies in DEA, DOH and FDA investigations, qui tam and whistleblower cases, regulatory matters, licensing issues, litigation, administrative hearings, inspections and audits. fraud suit – judge.” Copyright © 2018 The Health Law Firm. December 4, 2017).

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How Will New FDA Hearing Aid Regulations Impact Health Plans?

HIT Consultant

. – Prescription hearing aids will require a consumer to have a prescription for a hearing aid from a physician, audiologist or a licensed hearing instrument specialist. – Fraud. Under-utilization is a significant problem – slightly more than one-third of people with hearing aids wear them less than eight hours a day.

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