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Federal Investigation Into Spine Surgeries Uses Mob Laws to Target Healthcare FraudOrthopedic surgeons have raked in billions through ties to medical device companies via consulting deals, royalties or ownership stakes, while...
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UCSD Health Pays $3M to Settle False Claims AllegationsDOJ had alleged that from December 2015 to October 2019, UC San Diego Health submitted claims to Medicare for the...
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HHS OIG Updates Healthcare Fraud Self-Disclosure ProtocolThe revision unveiled this week incorporates legal changes made since the last revision to the SDP in 2013.
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Geisinger to Pay $18.5M For Hospice Care Billing ViolationsAfter the violations were discovered, Geisinger Community Health Services told the United States Attorney's Office.
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Florida Spine Surgeon and Device Company Owner Charged in Kickback SchemeThe indictment alleges that SpineFrontier, Chin and Humad paid surgeons between $250 and $1,000 per hour in sham consulting fees...
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EHR Vendor to Pay $3.8M to Settle Kickback AllegationsCareCloud Health said it "admitted no wrongdoing in this matter and has accepted settlement in an effort to move forward...
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AHA asks CMS to Spike IRF Demonstration AuditsThe proposed integrity audit on inpatient rehabilitation facilities in four states during the public health emergency raises a number of...
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athenahealth to Pay $18.2M to Resolve Kickback, False Claims AllegationsEnticements to customers included trips to The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Kentucky Derby, the World Series, the Indianapolis 500,...
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Kaiser Foundation MA Plan to Pay $6.3M to Settle False Claims Allegations.The alleged violations occurred in 2011 and 2012, before Group Health Cooperative was acquired by Kaiser Permanente.
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Purdue Pharma to Pay $8B to Settle Criminal, Civil Charges for Key Role in Opioid EpidemicThe settlement does not release from further criminal charges the Sackler family, owners of Purdue, nor any of company's executives...
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Merit Medical Systems to Pay $18M to Settle Kickback AllegationsUtah-based MSSI for more than six years allegedly paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to healthcare providers in the form...