Archive for October 2021
Former NBA Players Netted in $4M Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Eighteen former NBA players and a former spouse have been implicated in a $3.9 million healthcare fraud scheme that netted them nearly $2.5 million in fraudulent reimbursement claims for medical services they never received. Earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with several other agencies, announced the unsealing…
Read MoreTwo Companies Settle FCA Case with Five Whistleblowers Involved
A home healthcare business and affiliated company have settled claims brought about by a group of whistleblowers who alleged they submitted false claims for payment of lab and diagnostic testing services that were performed between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2015. The providers, U.S. Medical Management, LLC and VPA, P.C. of Michigan, are alleged…
Read MoreOIG Gives Blessing to Alzheimer’s Study Payment Arrangement
On September 29, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a favorable advisory opinion regarding the proposed subsidization of certain Medicare cost-sharing obligations relating to a clinical study of Alzheimer’s disease. The requestor is a professional medical society that represents radiologists and a charity that provides support and research…
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