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NewsOIG: Medicare overpaid Cleveland Clinic $254K due to poor billing controls
The Cleveland Clinic was overpaid nearly $254,000 for inappropriate Medicare claims, according to an Oct. 24 Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report, released this week. Although the Clinic Read more...
Jackson Health blasted for million-dollar international marketing
It's been less than a year since Jackson Health System said it would assume direct control of its international marketing program, after the Miami-Dade County Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Read more...
Healthcare fugitives featured on new OIG 'Most Wanted' list
Call it "America's Most Wanted: Healthcare Edition." In an attempt to ramp up efforts to catch criminals charged with healthcare fraud and abuse, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department Read more...
Medicare spending shifts suggest fraud migrates
Medicare expenditures on durable medical equipment and home health vary widely in contiguous Florida counties, according to a newly released Medpac report. Once again, Miami-Dade County has outdone Read more...
Miami-Dade County a hotspot for Medicare fraud
Evidence in a new Department of Health and Human Services report on outpatient therapy from the Office of the Inspector General confirms what many have long suspected: Miami-Dade County has earned Read more...
Officials skeptical of 'error-free' status at 87 hospitals
State officials in California suspect that dozens of hospitals have been fudging reports after not reporting any significant medical errors in the last three years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read more...
Busted: 94 charged with $251 million in false Medicare claims
Federal officials charged 94 people with plotting to swindle Medicare out of more than $251 million in false claims, the Department of Justice and other federal agencies said in a joint statement Read more...
Language access services not commonly offered by Medicare providers
Only one-third of Medicare providers offered services that met all four of the Office of Minority Health's (OMH) Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (CLAS) standards on Read more...
OIG asks for authority over Medicare fraud
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General wants more authority over Medicare fraud, including the ability to go after executives who have left the company, Read more...
OIG: At least five states aren't pandemic-ready
The HHS Office of the Inspector General has just released a report concluding that at least five states aren't ready for a pandemic such as the H1N1 virus, despite six years of funding and planning Read more...
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