FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), once expected to save money and deliver healthcare at a lower cost, is increasing federal spending after all. CMMI was designed to reduce federal healthcare spending, but a new CBO reports shows its had the opposite effect.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
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. More than $1.1 billion of that loss involved allegedly fraudulent claims related to telemedicine.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
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.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 11, 2019
million to resolve charges they defrauded the federal government by paying kickbacks in exchange for laboratory referrals and pharmacogenetic testing. The company also agreed to a 25-year ban from participating in any federal healthcare program. A New Orleans-based genetic testing company and its three principals will pay $42.6
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. " WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
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.
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