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Read MoreWatchdog Report: Nearly $3B Recovered From Providers
Fighting healthcare fraud remains among the priorities for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General as evidenced by its most recent semiannual report to Congress. The watchdog organization reported recovering $2.91 billion from providers in fiscal year 2018. It took criminal actions against 764 individuals or healthcare providers that…
Read MoreOIG Unveils Fraud Risk Indicator
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has launched a new initiative designed to draw attention to those healthcare providers it considers to be high risk for committing healthcare fraud after having been charged under the False Claims Act. The OIG posted this Fraud Risk Indicator on its website after Gregory Demske, the…
Read MoreFeds Continue to Root Out Hospice Fraud
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Chemed Corp., the parent company of VITAS Healthcare Corp., agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that the hospice provider violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting false claims for services to Medicare. The settlement resolves allegations that between 2002 and…
Read MoreDiagnostic Testing Company Settles False Claims Act Case Filed by Whistleblower
Exagen, a California-based life sciences company that makes diagnostic tests for the treatment of autoimmune conditions, recently settled allegations, filed by a whistleblower, that it violated the False Claims Act by paying physicians to use its laboratory tests. The Settlement Agreement The agreement called for Exagen to pay $653,143. The case was brought under the…
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