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California Doctor to Pay over $9.48M, Sentenced to Prison, to Settle Fraud Allegations

Med-Net Compliance

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement against a Southern California doctor for submitting false claims to Medicare and Medi-Cal between the years of 2011 and 2018 for drugs, procedures, services, and tests that were never administered to patients. In October 2021, the California Department of Justice’s?

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Compliance lessons from recent fraud cases

Health Care Performance

A New York ENT physician was convicted of filing false claims with Medicare and Medicaid. The physician submitted claims totaling about $585,000 to Medicare and Medicaid and was paid roughly $191,000. The fraudulent act was upcoding of ear exams or ear wax removal to an incision procedure of the external ear.

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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? Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S.

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You Play a Vital Role in Protecting the Integrity of the U.S. Healthcare System

AIHC

Health care insurance fraud is a pressing problem, causing substantial and increasing costs in medical insurance programs. To combat fraud and abuse, all levels within a medical practice, hospital or health care organization must know how to protect the organization from engaging in abusive practices and violations of civil or criminal laws.

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. A claim would be generated and submitted to the payer. As the cost of providing care grew, payers started instituting methods to curb expenses and how claims were paid. Why this Trend of Value-Based Care?

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. A claim would be generated and submitted to the payer. As the cost of providing care grew, payers started instituting methods to curb expenses and how claims were paid. Why this Trend of Value-Based Care?

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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

Hall Render

The data purported to show reimbursement exceeded costs by 45%, which CMS used to support its claim of “high profit margins.” 7,215 2021 5,532 77.5% This could be what is driving the absolute numbers in each category down. Hospice Risk-Screening Category. 7,872 2018 5,851 77.1% 7,589 2019 5,871 79.3% 7,137 2022 4,770 78.0%