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23 Jan 2008, 6:24 pm
[JURIST] A federal judge ruled [text, PDF] Wednesday that the healthcare provided in California prisons does not meet constitutional standards even though medical services have improved significantly since the court assumed oversight of the system in 2005. [read post]
25 Jan 2019, 9:20 am
Those convicted of healthcare fraud could be sentenced to ten years or more in a federal prison. [read post]
25 Aug 2017, 11:20 am
Continue reading The post Owner of Texas Home Health Agencies Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Defraud Medicare appeared first on Healthcare Fraud Lawyer Blog. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 7:40 am
According to court documents, the defendants were family members that fraudulently billed Medicare for home healthcare and therapy services that were never provided. [read post]
9 Oct 2008, 7:06 am
And anyone with first-hand knowledge of what's going on inside the prisons with UTMB-delivered healthcare services, please let us know in the comments.UPDATE (10/10) I put out some feelers and am still waiting to hear back. [read post]
23 Aug 2014, 3:45 am
This article from Medicine@Yale makes an argument Grits has posited before, particularly as it relates to mental health services: That expanding Medicaid - in particular providing care to indigent ex-cons and covering hospital costs for prisoners - would reduce both costs and recidivism while improving public safety. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 4:34 pm
Healthcare fraud largely involves medical providers committing fraudulent billing practices to increase their profits, including submitting charges for reimbursement to insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid for services that weren’t provided. [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 7:34 am
Texas prison healthcare costs were already among the lowest (per prisoner) in the nation, and the latest budget cut not just to the bone but through it. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 6:46 am
Part two focuses more on the politics and history of how we reached this sorry state and also contains some interesting interviews with volunteers from our friends at Restorative Justice Ministries as they greeted prisoners fresh out of lockup in Huntsville.An excellent point raised by Rushing is the near-complete lack of discussion about providing mental health services in the ongoing national healthcare debate. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 4:34 pm
Healthcare fraud largely involves medical providers committing fraudulent billing practices to increase their profits, including submitting charges for reimbursement to insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid for services that weren’t provided. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 1:37 pm
When serious bodily harm does occur, then sentencing increases to 20 years in prison. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 4:07 am
Referring to a new tax as "savings" is downright Orwellian.Second, in past Grits comment strings, medical professionals working at Texas prisons have questioned whether this policy will increase demand for services thanks to changed economic incentives. [read post]
1 May 2011, 4:16 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports that private contractors are still seeking a piece of Texas' prison healthcare spending: "Efforts by private companies to get a piece of Texas' nearly $1 billion prisoner health care system are quietly continuing behind the scenes as company representatives make sales pitches to lawmakers and seek changes in state law to authorize privatization," he reported today. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 7:33 am
A few years ago, the Legislature tried to make prisoners' families pay for inmate healthcare, extracting money from their commissary accounts. [read post]
21 May 2021, 5:46 am
Meanwhile, the big cost drivers at TDCJ are 1) healthcare for elderly prisoners and 2) deferred maintenance on old units.So, even with the lowest prisoner population in the 21st century and a dozen units shuttered, TDCJ's latest budget includes huge, nine-figure increases:Turns out, elderly prisoner's healthcare costs and deferred maintenance are bottomless pits and reducing prisoner numbers hasn't slowed them down much at all. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 5:56 pm
If one is charged with practicing healthcare without a license under this statutory subsection they will face a minimum fine of $1,000 and a minimum mandatory prison term of 1 year. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 9:00 am
How an experienced healthcare lawyer can help A skilled healthcare lawyer understands Stark Law, Anti-kickback Statute, and other referral prohibitions. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 5:34 am
That money is spent at the prisons. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 5:25 am
If the Legislature commands them to perform the services, by God they're going to do it.So there's a sense in which both sides in the contract dispute can make only empty threats. [read post]
16 May 2011, 5:27 am
Owen Murray, chief physician and vice president of offender services for the University of Texas Medical Branch, which provides most of the state's prison medical care. [read post]
