Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Department of Justice announced earlier this month that an Indian Rocks Beach, Florida-based woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and filing a false tax return. In reality, the DOJ alleges, the conspirators had bribed doctors to approve the claims. Kelly Wolfe and her company, Regency, Inc., WHY IT MATTERS.
Compliancy Group
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
In one incident, a New Jersey pharmacy admitted to conspiracies to defraud benefits providers, including Medicare and Medicaid, of $65 million for medications never provided to patients. In the other fraud scheme, Medicare patients were billed an estimated $2 billion for urinary catheters they never received.
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Compliancy Group
JUNE 6, 2024
Many compliance violations in healthcare arise from financial conflicts of interest, particularly when providers get kickbacks or achieve financial gain from their referral services. By removing this potential conflict of interest, doctors are more incentivized to act in a patient’s best interest.
Health Populi
MAY 16, 2019
At least one in three people who have tried out virtual health care have done so because they use technology in all aspects of life and want to do the same with their healthcare. A common theme at health care meetings these days is how and when health care will meet its Amazon, Apple, or Uber moment? ” .
YouCompli
AUGUST 22, 2023
Approximately 65 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare – about 34 million in traditional Medicare and the rest in Medicare Advantage. Traditional Medicare is administered by the federal government, and individuals pay a separate monthly premium for hospital visits, doctors/outpatient, and prescription drugs.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 30, 2020
"Much of this transformation is dependent on temporary flexibilities extended to health systems and providers that are limited to the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration," the letter read. WHY IT MATTERS.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 16, 2024
Mike Semel, President and Chief Security Officer of Semel Consulting The Ascension health system data breach can’t be easily separated from the United Healthcare Change Health breach that recently caused a huge financial and medical impact across the healthcare sector and may have breached the personal information for a third of Americans.
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