Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2022

"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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Department of Justice announced this past week that it was bringing criminal charges against 138 total defendants for their alleged participation in various healthcare fraud schemes, resulting in about $1.4 billion of that loss involved allegedly fraudulent claims related to telemedicine. billion in alleged losses. More than $1.1

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

According to the agency , the conspiracy involved paying a telemedicine company to arrange for doctors to authorize medically unnecessary genetic testing. The scheme, as outlined in court documents, exploited COVID-19-era amendments to telehealth restrictions. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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