Posts Tagged ‘healthcare fraud and abuse’
Hospice Owner and Biller Sentenced for Roles in Hospice Fraud and Medicare Fraud Scheme
The owner of two California-based hospice companies and his biller/consultant have been sentenced to one year and a day in prison each for their roles in a $9 million hospice fraud scheme. In addition, Gayk Akhsharumov, the owner of San Gabriel Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. and Broadway Hospice Inc., was ordered to pay nearly…
Read MoreCommon Healthcare Fraud Schemes
Last month’s indictment of more than 600 people nationwide in what the feds dubbed “the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history,†should serve as a warning that the government is serious about cracking down on those who abuse the system. As we wrote about in June, of the 601 defendants charged, 165 were medical professionals…
Read MoreNew Exclusion Rules to Take Effect Next Month
Earlier this month, the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) finalized its long-awaited rules on civil monetary penalties that could make it easier for providers to be excluded from participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The final rule, which was published in the Federal Register on January 12, was first…
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