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Grassley: CMS ignored repeated Medicare fraud warnings
Senator Chuck Grassley is a bit upset with CMS, and he's managed to make sure the press knows it, too. His office has released data suggesting that CMS received at least 30 warnings from inspectors... Read more...
Feds bust up $26 million Medicare fraud rings
Federal investigations have uncovered Medicare fraud schemes totalling $26 million. In one case, owners and employees of four medical suppliers based in California and Nevada allegedly billed... Read more...
Medicare fraud attracts organized crime
If Tony Soprano were a real-life gangster, these days he might be scamming Medicare rather than running protection schemes or loan-sharking. Increasingly, reports suggest, Mafia figures and other... Read more...
Medicare fraud strike force charges 53 providers, execs and beneficiaries
Well, HHS head Kathleen Sebelius had promised that Medicare's Fraud Strike Force was stepping up operations, and I guess she wasn't kidding. Today, the agency announced (via @hhs_gov on Twitter,... Read more...
Federal law would further fight government healthcare fraud
Well familiar with the varieties of such fraud, a Florida senator has filed two bills aimed at further tightening the noose on fraud against government healthcare programs. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL),... Read more...
Bill could lead to more False Claims prosecutions
A bill aimed primarily at fighting mortgage fraud may also end up broadening the scope of claims that can be pursued under the False Claims Act, the law under which many prosecutions for Medicare... Read more...
Homecare group offers its own anti-fraud bill
Hoping to stave off proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts to homecare equipment providers, the American Association for Homecare has developed its own anti-fraud legislation that it plans to present... Read more...
Chicago MDs accused of fraud
Two Chicago-area physicians have been charged with fraud, with one being accused of collecting more than $13 million from Medicare and private health plans for treatment that was never provided. U.S.... Read more...
NY hospitals implicated in Medicaid fraud
We've been hearing plenty about Medicare and Medicaid fraud in Southern California and South Florida lately; in fact, CMS even cut loose a number of medical device companies in those areas and... Read more...
CMS fights fraud in CA and FL
Reacting to the rampant medical equipment fraud that continues to dog the region, the CMS has announced that it is revoking the billing privileges of more than 1,100 medical equipment suppliers in... Read more...
