Archive for May 2020
COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud: It’s Started
A Georgia woman was arrested earlier this month in connection with a scheme in which she is alleged to have sought to pay and receive illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring Medicare beneficiaries for expensive cancer screening and COVID-19 tests. Loosened healthcare regulations, including blanket waivers of the federal Anti-kickback Statute (AKS) and physician self-referral…
Read MoreTelemedicine Gains Traction in the Age of COVID-19
A recent survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins, a physician recruitment firm, found that nearly half of doctors are using telemedicine to treat patients as the COVID-19 pandemic changes how they deliver healthcare. That is up from just 18 percent when a similar survey was conducted in 2018. It’s not just physicians who are turning to…
Read MoreAnthem Inc. Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Mental Healthcare Payments
Anthem Inc. is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of New York. It accuses the insurance giant of denying residential mental healthcare treatments by using overly strict guidelines. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of Marissa Collins and James Burnett (on behalf of his son), alleges that…
Read MoreCARES Act Funding Creates Dilemma for Some Healthcare Providers
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act which provides $100 billion in relief funds to hospitals and other healthcare providers who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 response. Many providers have been receiving these funds without having applied for them. However, in order to…
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