Patients who are satisfied with their physicians are more likely to follow through with metabolic or bariatric surgery (MBS) regardless of racial or ethnic group, according to a study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
A New York woman was arrested today for allegedly offering and paying illegal health care kickbacks and money laundering. According to court documents, Alexandra Stchastlivtseva, 52, of New York, owned several durable medical equipment companies.
Ocenture LLC, a privately held company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and its subsidiary, Carelumina LLC (collectively, “Ocenture”), have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to Medicare by paying and receiving kickbacks in connection with genetic testing samples.
Parties have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay a total of $4,267,950.21 to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for payment to Medicare and the Connecticut Medicaid program for medically unnecessary allergy services, unsupervised allergy services, and services improperly billed as though provided by Sidana.
Medical bills are a major headache — and for many Americans, they’re actually a huge financial burden. Roughly 100 million U.S. adults have accumulated healthcare debt, according to a report published earlier this year. About 12 percent of those 100 million people owe $10,000 or more.