On June 15, 2010, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report identifying five important areas for preventing Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The…
Read More »Many Medicare Fraud cases are jointly worked by the feds and the states, as often the cases are national in scope and involve Medicaid utilization…
Read More »Rush University Medical Center has agreed to pay $1,547,200 plus interest to resolve allegations that the facility violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department…
Read More »During a March 10, 2010 rally in St. Charles, Mo., President Obama blamed health care fraud, waste and abuse for costing taxpayers almost $100 billion…
Read More »Thanks to the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, 30 people have been charged in three cities for their alleged roles in schemes to submit more than…
Read More »Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, Texas, has agreed to pay the U.S. $990,509.50 to resolve allegations that it violated the civil False Claims Act, according to…
Read More »Working to protect taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced legislation to give the federal government more time to pay Medicare providers…
Read More »Keith Olbermann reported on MSNBC's Countdown October 27 that President Obama has said that eliminating waste could pay for most of any health care reform…
Read More »In the July 13 edition of the Report on Medicare Compliance, Editor Nina Armstrong quoted Ken Nolan in her article titled, “Teaching Hospital Settles Physician…
Read More »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…
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