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18 Jun 2018, 7:41 am by Thomas Dowdell (US)
The post MedPAC recommends to Congress a 30 percent reduction in Medicare payment rates for services provided in certain hospital off-campus emergency departments appeared first on Health Law Pulse. [read post]
2 May 2012, 8:03 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations are part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), a joint initiative announced in May 2009 between the Department of Justice and HHS to focus their efforts to prevent and deter fraud and enforce current anti-fraud laws around the country. [read post]
2 May 2012, 8:03 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations are part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), a joint initiative announced in May 2009 between the Department of Justice and HHS to focus their efforts to prevent and deter fraud and enforce current anti-fraud laws around the country. [read post]
25 Oct 2009, 7:43 pm
To date in FY 2009, the Department of Justice has recovered close to one billion dollars in health care fraud cases, and has obtained 300 convictions. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 6:48 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule codifying the Medicare bad debt provisions in Section 3201 of The Middle Class Tax Extension and Job Creation Act of 2012, which became effective earlier this year.Under the rule, by fiscal year 2015, allowable bad debt amounts will decrease to 65 percent for many providers, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, critical access hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and r [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 6:48 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule codifying the Medicare bad debt provisions in Section 3201 of The Middle Class Tax Extension and Job Creation Act of 2012, which became effective earlier this year.Under the rule, by fiscal year 2015, allowable bad debt amounts will decrease to 65 percent for many providers, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, critical access hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and r [read post]
” In the case, Empire Health Foundation brought a claim challenging the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) calculation of its 2008 reimbursement. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 2:00 am by Katharine Van Tassel
SSRN: The Department of Health and Human Services recently finalized a regulation requiring drug manufacturers to offer rebates directly to consumers rather than paying rebates... [read post]
24 Aug 2013, 7:52 am by Kim Dayton
The number of physicians accepting new Medicare patients rose by one-third between 2007 and 2011 and is now higher than the number of physicians accepting new private insurance patients, according to a Department of Health and Human Services report obtained... [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 10:27 am by Michael Lowe
The woman, Nickole Eckert, lost her fight at a six-week trial in November when a jury found her guilty of Medicare fraud (1 count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud) for her part in a Medicare Fraud Scheme that totalled $205 million according to the investigators with the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
25 Nov 2011, 6:31 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report estimated there to be $60 billion in Medicare fraud each year. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 7:05 am by Fraud Fighters
Sewell died in 2014, but worked at Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare from 2007 to 2012 as chief medical officer before transferring to the Medicare Revenue Management Department as vice president of special projects. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 7:05 am by Fraud Fighters
Sewell died in 2014, but worked at Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare from 2007 to 2012 as chief medical officer before transferring to the Medicare Revenue Management Department as vice president of special projects. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 3:25 pm
  According to a recent CMS Transmittal, the Department of the Treasury has notified the Department of Health and Human Services that the private consumer rate has been changed to 11.375%. [read post]
4 May 2012, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Over 100 doctors, nurses and other health professionals were arrested on charges relating to Medicare fraud by federal agents on May 2, 2012. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 12:47 pm by Patrick A. Malone
Buntin, a professor who heads Vanderbilt University’s health policy department. [read post]
10 May 2013, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A Miami patient recruiter will spend the next 37 months in prison for his part in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 3:33 pm by Kristina Giyaur
The Office of Inspector General ("OIG") for the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued an alert warning physician of the risks taken by reassigning the right to bill the Medicare program and receive payments from Medicare. [read post]