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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

"We have seen all too often criminals who engage in health care fraud – stealing from taxpayers while jeopardizing the health of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries," said Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Gary L. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. More than $1.1 WHY IT MATTERS.

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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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Department of Justice announced this week that a Florida laboratory owner had pleaded guilty for his role in a $73 million Medicare kickback scheme. Although these changes were intended to safeguard access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, DOJ says some fraudsters have used them for their own benefit. Twitter: @kjercich.

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JULY 22, 2022

Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Center for Program Integrity also announced that it has taken administrative actions against more than 50 healthcare providers alleged to be involved in similar schemes. healthcare system at the expense of patients." billion, according to the department.

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APRIL 18, 2022

"Billing federal healthcare programs for services that providers know are unnecessary or unreasonable undermines the quality of care that patients receive and increases the costs of these taxpayer-funded programs," said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services works to ensure the integrity of federal healthcare programs and to safeguard the health and welfare of those programs' beneficiaries. They're not submitting a telehealth claim to Medicare. " DME fraud has been around since Medicare started reimbursing for it, of course.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Healthcare IT News wanted to dig deep into the new law and its promises, so we sat down with Kamala Green, social drivers of health program manager at National Government Services. National Government Services empowers federal healthcare agencies to deliver care to millions of Americans through outcomes-driven innovation.

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