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3 Jan 2012, 6:04 pm
The Department of Justice recently settled allegations with pharmaceutical giant GE Healthcare Inc. that a company that it had acquired in 2004, Amersham Health, Inc. [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 7:38 pm
Rehfeldt claims that Vitas and health insurers enrolled patients that weren’t fatally ill in Medicare. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 1:39 pm by Robert Liles
Texas Home Health Prosecutions in Calendar Year 2018: Several significant home health fraud cases were investigated and prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Texas during 2018. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 11:45 am by Green and Associates
The defendants here were charged with knowingly concealing, covering up, falsifying and making false entries in records relating to the treatment of Medicare beneficiaries, with the intent to impede, obstruct and influence the investigation and case within the jurisdiction of a department and agency of the United States, specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 1:14 am
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), published final rules regarding payment limitations on diagnostic testing and the application of the “anti-markup” rules for diagnostic imaging services (the “2009 Rules”). [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 9:00 am
Medicare Eyes Highest Billing Doctors In December, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services filed a report titled “Reviews of Clinicians Associated With High Cumulative Payments Could Improve Medicare Program Integrity Efforts. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 10:21 am by Ray Mullman
USA Today reported that "almost 4 million seniors saved about $2.16 billion through discounts for their prescription medications in 2011", according to the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 8:28 pm
A variation on the theme that the number of people who have entered the business of defrauding the government’s healthcare programs such as Medicare came to light in a report issued by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, who determined that the government may not be getting properly informed on potential fraud linked to Medicare’s drug program and thus is missing much of the fraudulent activity. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 5:10 am by Public Employment Law Press
 ______________ A collective bargaining agreement may establish a vested right to a continuation of the same health coverage enjoyed by the individual at the time of his or her retirement  A municipality may discontinue a retiree’s health insurance benefit in the absence of a contract or provision of law granting the retirees a vested right to such a benefit  A resolution increasing a NYSHIP participating employer's contribution for health… [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 5:10 am by Public Employment Law Press
 ______________ A collective bargaining agreement may establish a vested right to a continuation of the same health coverage enjoyed by the individual at the time of his or her retirement  A municipality may discontinue a retiree’s health insurance benefit in the absence of a contract or provision of law granting the retirees a vested right to such a benefit  A resolution increasing a NYSHIP participating employer's contribution for health… [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 7:24 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Department of Justice (DOJ) opened 967 new criminal health care fraud investigations in FY 2017, filed criminal charges in 439 cases involving 720 defendants, obtained convictions of 639 defendants for health care fraud-related crimes, and opened 948 new civil health care fraud investigations. [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 1:44 pm by Phillips & Cohen
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Attorney General Eric Holder, revealed a new public-private partnership to crack down on health care fraud yesterday. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 2:54 am by Robert Kraft
In a story carried by more than 170 news sources, the AP reports, that the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services “say they recovered $4.1 billion in health care fraud judgments last year, a record high which officials on Monday credited to new tools for cracking down on deceitful Medicare claims. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 10:18 am by Thomas Dowdell (US)
On August 31, Department of Health and Human Services’ officials announced that the advertising budget for the coming open-enrollment period will be reduced from $100 million to $10 million. [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 10:10 pm
The most obvious answer is emergency departments, which are required by Medicare to screen for emergency conditions and to stabilize any they find, regardless of ability to pay. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 7:02 pm
States pay qualified providers for covered Medicaid services and receive federal matching funds from the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for... [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 7:06 am
US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT: "Generic Drug Utilization in the Medicare Part D Program" (OEI-05-07-00130, November 2007, .pdf format, 30p.). [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 3:06 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, for the first time, quality measures have now been added to the Physician Compare website.The Physician Compare website was created by the Affordable Care Act in order to help consumers search for information about M [read post]