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Nationwide Takedown Leads to 89 Individuals Charged With $223 million in Fraudulent Billing to Medicare
May 17, 2013 By Sarah Baumann Leave a Comment
A national Medicare fraud takedown conducted by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force resulted in charges against 89 people for $223 million in false billing, Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced. Four hundred law … [Read More...]
CIAs: What Health Care Providers Can and Should Learn About Them
May 17, 2013 By Susan Smith Leave a Comment
A corporate integrity agreement (CIA) can provide valuable information to health care providers on the elements of an effective compliance program. A CIA is part of a civil settlement between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the … [Read More...]
Kusserow’s Corner: A Dozen Reasons to Not Like the GSA Debarment List
May 16, 2013 By Richard Kusserow Leave a Comment
I don’t like the General Services Administration (GSA) debarment list. It provides mostly useless information with very little return on time and effort. In my opinion, health care entities screening against it is a waste of tens of millions of … [Read More...]
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