United States Attorney Will Thompson and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) announced today that Dr. Craig M. Morgan and Eye Consultants of Huntington Inc. have paid $907,074.64 to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
The United States Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that Lifestyle Resumption Integrative Health ( “Lifestyle Resumption”), a chiropractic clinic located in Fort Mitchell, Ky., and its owner, Klaude Kocan, D.C., have agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, by improperly billing Medicare for services involving electro-acupuncture devices.
In an op-ed piece, Stacey Hughes, AHA’s executive vice president for government relations and public policy, urged Congress to step up to the plate and support hospitals amid unprecedented fiscal challenges, including escalating costs and workforce issues, each compounded by inflation and the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Not all hospital-level care needs to take place in a hospital.
Since it was first announced in November 2020, CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program has allowed organizations to provide acute care to qualifying patients in their homes rather than in the traditional setting.
In a survey conducted by the Business Group on Health, 74% of the 165 large employers surveyed said that virtual care will have a major impact on future care delivery. People working at most large employers will see access to telehealth, virtual mental health, and virtual resiliency offerings. However, 57% of surveyed employers expressed concern about the quality of care through virtual platforms.