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Arizona telehealth company owners plead guilty in $64M scheme

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"From September 2017 through December 2019, Luke and Laughlin conspired together and with others to unlawfully enrich themselves by submitting and causing to be submitted false and fraudulent claims to federal healthcare benefit programs," the officials alleged.

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Dozens charged in sprawling $1.2B telehealth and genetics fraud crackdown

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Starting in 2007, the DOJ's healthcare Fraud Strike Force – operating in 27 districts nationwide – has charged more than 5,000 defendants who collectively billed federal healthcare programs and private insurers approximately $24.7 billion, according to the department.

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$6B fraud bust includes numerous telehealth schemes

Henry Kotula

More than 250 medical professionals had their federal healthcare billing privileges revoked for being involved in the scams, according to a statement released Wednesday. Of that, $4.5 billion was connected to telemedicine schemes and about $800 million each to substance abuse treatment and illegal opioid distribution.

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New Individual Mandate Regulations: What You Need to Know

ACA Times

In June of 2019, California passed Senate Bill 78 into law. This bill aimed, in part, to fill in the hole left in federal healthcare legislation by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which reduced the federal Individual Shared Responsibility Penalty under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Individual Mandate to $0.

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How Our CTO Shannon Murphy is Changing Healthcare

GlobalMed

“That’s what made me want to get into healthcare – that helpless feeling as a mom trying to navigate the complex world of pediatric endocrinologists and rheumatologists and the crazy world of medicine in general,” she said. That led me to jump at the chance to start a federal healthcare vertical at Microsoft. Request a Demo.

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XRHealth and Amelia Virtual Care Announce Merger, Creating the Largest XR Therapeutics Platform in the World

Healthcare IT Today

In the words of Guillem Masferrer, Partner at Asabys leading this transaction, “We are very proud to see the evolution of Amelia Virtual Care since our investment in 2019 to become the leading global VR platform serving mental health professionals.

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How The Raise the Wage Act Could Impact ACA Compliance

ACA Times

fiscal outlook, including the fact that higher wages would increase consumer spending and bring in more taxes for federal programs like Medicare and Social Security” according to a post by CNBC. In the 2019 report, CBO estimated that employment would fall by 1.3 million workers in 2025; in this report, the estimated reduction is 1.4