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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. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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DOJ charges dozens in $1.1B telehealth fraud crackdown

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to court documents, some telemedicine executives allegedly paid clinicians to order unnecessary durable medical equipment testing and pain medications. WHY IT MATTERS. More than 43 people in 11 judicial districts were charged for more than $1.1 billion total in schemes relating to telemedicine.

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Florida man pleads guilty in scheme exploiting amended telehealth restrictions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The scheme, as outlined in court documents, exploited COVID-19-era amendments to telehealth restrictions. Leonel Palatnik, the co-owner of Panda Conservation Group LLC, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to offer kickbacks and one count of paying a kickback. WHY IT MATTERS. Cantrell at the time of the arrests.

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Ensuring Healthcare Compliance: Navigating the Complexities

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Healthcare compliance is a critical aspect of the healthcare industry, ensuring adherence to federal healthcare laws and regulations. However, healthcare compliance is not a simple or straightforward task.

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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.

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Proceeding with Caution: The Impact of (Generative) AI on Healthcare and Life Sciences

Healthcare IT Today

As a matter of fact, multiple forms of artificial intelligence were used to create this article; natural language processing (NLP) in the form of dictation, Spellcheck and Grammar AI, helped us compose this document, and some content created with ChatGTP. “AI” He is also the Federal Healthcare Director for Dell Technologies.

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Featured Health IT Job: Vice President, Compliance and Program Development

Healthcare IT Today

For more information please refer to this document. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience in compliance and program development! If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply.