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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 Billing Case, Signs Second Agreement with OIG.” The article reported that Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) recently settled a dispute alleging it billed Medicare for surgery [...]
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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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Three HealthEast Care System hospitals have agreed to pay the United States $2.28 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Justice Department announced May 21, 2009. According to the DOJ press release, the settlement resolves allegations that the St. Paul, Minn.-based hospitals overcharged Medicare from 2002 [...]
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Four Miami-area physicians and medical assistants pleaded guilty March 23, 2009 to a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. The four defendants worked at Midway Medical Center Inc. a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in the treatment of HIV patients. One of [...]
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CMS recently announced multiple accomplishments and projects, all designed to reduce fraud and abuse: the Los Angeles office of CMS revoked the billing numbers of 117 providers who had presented false claims or suspicious business operations, saving $200 million, editing the system to stop payment on claims using billing numbers from deceased providers saved another [...]
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