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Latest HEAT Bust: Miami Man Admits to Fraudulent Testing Scheme
Conspiracy between workers and patients in a Detroit clinic cost Medicare nearly $5.4M. A resident of Miami, FL has conceded to submitting $7.42 million in false claims to Medicare in a fraudulent medical testing scheme, the Departments of Justice and…
Continue reading...‘Rollaway’ DME Supplier Gets 9-Year Sentence
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Aggressive power wheelchair marketing tactics part of a Medicare fraud scheme. A fugitive owner of a Los Angeles-based durable medical equipment company was sentenced to nine years in prison following a more than $1 million power wheelchair fraud case, a…
Continue reading...Texas HEAT Rounds Up More DME Medicare Fraud
Monday, March 15, 2010
‘Arthritis kit’ fraudsters make it harder for legitimate orthotics providers to do their business. If you’ve been reading about Medicare fraud schemes involving ‘arthritis kits,’ and like me, you’re wondering how these schemes work,
Continue reading...OIG Requests $40+ Million More Funds to Beef Up Fraud Detection
Monday, February 8, 2010
Note to physicians: Ratchet up your documentation skills now. The OIG has been on a roll over the past year, and they don’t intend to slow down anytime soon. The agency has requested an additional $41.5 million from the 2011…
Continue reading...Organized Crime Turns to Health Care Fraud
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Mobsters see home health care as a happy hunting ground for ill-gotten gains. The fact that federal fraud fighters recover $4 billion a year in false claims sounds pretty impressive — until you consider that Medicare & Medicaid fraudsters rake…
Continue reading...Medicare Strike Force Update: Brooklyn, Tampa & Baton Rouge HEAT Up
Monday, January 4, 2010
Photo: Jan Kronsell, Wikipedia New twist: ‘Shoe insert’ fraud. As they say on the Louisiana bayou, “Laissez les bon temps roulez” or “Let the good times roll.” The good times for some…
Continue reading...OIG Dragnets of IDTFs and EMTALA Pressure Physicians
Monday, October 26, 2009
The OIG’s 2010 Work Plan is full of clear enforcement and compliance goals that will affect physicians. And then there are other issues the OIG will investigate that at first may not seem to have much to…
Continue reading...For Newspapers, Health Fraud Busts Are Good Scoop
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tales of health care fraud still doesn’t intrigue the masses like stories of how Jon & Kate will share their 8, but they’re gaining some fans. Used to be only providers and attorneys kept up with the bust gossip, but…
Continue reading...HEAT in Houston & Other Urban Areas
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Texas Medical Center Lesson Learned: Health care providers in medical centers harbor fraudsters in their midst —and increased federal scrutiny. If you’re a health care provider near a university medical center…
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Monday, April 26, 2010
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