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Arizona telehealth company owners plead guilty in $64M scheme

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"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

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According to court documents, some telemedicine executives allegedly paid clinicians to order unnecessary durable medical equipment testing and pain medications. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. billion total in schemes relating to telemedicine.

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Florida man pleads guilty in scheme exploiting amended telehealth restrictions

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The scheme, as outlined in court documents, exploited COVID-19-era amendments to telehealth restrictions. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. Cantrell at the time of the arrests. Monaco when Palatnik was arrested. Twitter: @kjercich.

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

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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

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We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Vice President, Compliance and Program Development position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. For more information please refer to this document. and is in Louisiana, New Orleans.