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17 Jul 2014, 12:23 pm
Two federal laws regulate referrals and financial arrangements between healthcare providers and facilities - Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute.1 These laws have recently been at the center of important healthcare whistleblower fraud cases. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 10:14 am
The rate of improper Medicare payments for wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment is much higher than the government has estimated, according to a report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Inspector General.The report found an "error rate" of almost 29 percent in a sample of claims paid in 2006 under Medicare's multibillion-dollar durable medical equipment program. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 1:29 pm
The charges are based on a variety of alleged fraud schemes involving various medical treatments and services such as home health care, physical and occupational therapy, nerve conduction tests and durable medical equipment. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 1:29 pm
The charges are based on a variety of alleged fraud schemes involving various medical treatments and services such as home health care, physical and occupational therapy, nerve conduction tests and durable medical equipment. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 6:30 am
Malove has extensive experience in the area of durable medical equipment fraud and health care fraud defense. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 10:15 am
Conspiracy members fabricated or caused the fabrication of prescriptions stating that the patients were in medical need of specific durable medical equipment. [read post]
11 Oct 2012, 2:20 pm
About 49 percent of criminal healthcare fraud subjects were, or were affiliated with, medical facilities, durable medical equipment suppliers and home health agencies. [read post]
11 Oct 2012, 2:20 pm
About 49 percent of criminal healthcare fraud subjects were, or were affiliated with, medical facilities, durable medical equipment suppliers and home health agencies. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 6:30 am
Obot was owner and operator of Praise DME, a durable medical equipment company that collected $945,637 in false claims. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 7:04 am
First, the doctor allegedly used his clinic to provide medically unnecessary certifications for (1) home health services for nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy, (2) hospice services, and (3) durable medical equipment for power wheelchairs. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 5:15 am
CMS has just announced that it is delaying enforcement of an Affordable Care Act provision requiring a face-to-face encounter as a condition of Medicare payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items from July 1, 2013 to October 1, 2013. [read post]
29 Jul 2013, 6:20 pm
CMS also has proposed updates to durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies payment policies. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 6:30 am
Cueto's former durable medical equipment company, E.O. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 9:43 am
Each of the defendants purportedly submitted fraudulent invoices to the insurance companies from their durable medical equipment retail companies for providing medical equipments and services. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 2:09 pm
Between January 2007 and August 2009, Ehrlein, the owner and pharmacist of Jayson Drugs, Inc., allegedly billed Medicare Health Insurance of more than $90,000 for providing certain durable medical equipments to beneficiaries when such equipments were never provided. [read post]
24 Jun 2015, 6:15 am
Charges in the cases include conspiracy to commit health care fraud, anti-kickback violations, money laundering and aggravated identity theft involving a wide range of medical treatments and services, such as home health care, physical and occupational therapy, durable medical equipment, prescription drugs, and psychotherapy. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 5:16 am
In Baton Rouge, La., six individuals were charged for a durable medical equipment fraud scheme involving more than $9 million in false claims. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 6:30 am
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (JULY 18, 2011) - A Franklin Park man who owned Pro Medical Equipment Supply, a provider of durable medical equipment (DME), was indicted on one count of health care fraud and one count of making false statements in false claims to Medicare. [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 3:08 pm
The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment (DME) data obtained for this report span from dates of service beginning January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:05 am
On September 27, 2011, Hill-Rom Company, Inc., a durable medical equipment supplier, agreed to pay the United States $41.8 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted numerous false claims to the Medicare program for medically unnecessary equipment and certain specialized medical equipment for patients who did not qualify for the equipment and for patients who had died or were no longer using the… [read post]
