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PBS business news correspondent Jeff Yastine interviewed Marcella Auerbach for his broadcast news segment titled, “Dozens Arrested For Medicare Fraud,” which aired nationally during the July 30, 2009 nightly news cast. Marcella was also quoted in Jeff’s related news article titled, “Fighting Medicare Fraud.” In celebration of the 44th anniversary of Medicare, the segment reported [...]
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Marcella Auerbach was quoted by Amy Lynn Sorrel in her article “Physicians snared by growing Medicare fraud strike team,” which appeared in the July 6 online edition of American Medical News. The article discussed the announcement by the Department of Justice and Health & Human Services that criminal charges were filed against 53 doctors and [...]
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On Thursday, June 25, 2009, Daniel R. Levinson presented testimony on the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG’s) role in addressing health care waste, fraud and abuse, as well as its plans for health care reform. Talking before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Levinson, inspector general of the U.S. [...]
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Federal prosecutors charged eight conspirators in Miami with defrauding the U.S. healthcare system by creating phony clinics that churned out $100 million of medical bills in five states, according to a June 23, 2009 Reuters news article. The sophisticated scheme involved fake clinics, which in reality were empty storefronts or post office boxes–none providing any [...]
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On April 22, 2009, New York Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Medicare and Medicaid about waste and fraud. New York was the most successful state in the nation in Medicaid program integrity in the past year, measured by fraud and abuse [...]
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The Government announced today that a former employee of Victory Memorial Hospital’s qui tam lawsuit has resulted in a settlement with the United States of at least $2.3 million to resolve claims that the hospital defrauded the Medicare program. The Medicare Fraud settlement covers allegations that Victory Memorial submitted Cost Reports for 1996 and 1997 [...]
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President Obama’s fiscal year 2010 proposed budget estimates that reducing health care fraud, waste and abuse could save the government about $5 billion in a decade’s time. The budget pledges nearly $1.5 billion for its Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC), including a $311 million increase in HCFAC funding. The budget takes aim [...]
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A corporate insider is in a unique position to know the details about how their employer has cheated the United States Government. Nothing beats the knowledge an insider can impart. Whistleblowers are the real heroes in the fight against fraud. The person (plaintiff) who brings an action under the False Claims Act is called a [...]
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