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Trump’s Victory Signals Major Changes to Public Health Policies and Reproductive Rights
President Donald Trump’s election victory, significant changes to the nation’s public health and insurance policies are expected, with impli
Stephen Wick
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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Court Grants State $425,940.54 Judgment Against Komfort & Kare LLC for Housing Medicaid Recipients in Unlicensed Facilities
Komfort & Kare operated as an assisted living facility licensed by the state to offer housing and services to Medicaid recipients. Following
Stephen Wick
Oct 20, 20244 min read
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ASRC Federal Data Solutions Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $306,722
The breach came to light when AFDS promptly alerted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and collaborated with them to mitig
Stephen Wick
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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Silver Spring Woman Sentenced for Over $1 Million Medicaid Fraud
Investigators uncovered progress notes indicating that approximately 40 patients were fraudulently charged for therapy sessions purportedly
Stephen Wick
Oct 14, 20244 min read
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Lawsuit Filed by 20 States Challenges New Federal Nursing Home Staffing Rule
The lawsuit names key leaders from the federal Health and Human Services agency and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as defend
Stephen Wick
Oct 13, 20243 min read
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Eight Indicted in $68 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme in Brooklyn, NY
The scheme involved two social adult day care centers and a home health care financial intermediary that reportedly paid kickbacks for serv
Stephen Wick
Oct 11, 20245 min read
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Precision Toxicology Settles for $27 Million Over False Claims To Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug Testing & Illegal Remuneration to Physicians
The U.S. government claimed that from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2022, the company systematically billed federal programs for excessiv
Stephen Wick
Oct 2, 20244 min read
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Baltimore Nursing Home Worker Sentenced for Debit Card Theft
On September 12, 2024, Judge Mays sentenced Payne to five years in prison, with all but ninety days suspended. In addition to jail time, Pay
Stephen Wick
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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Walgreens to Pay $106.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Violations Over Unfilled Prescriptions
To prevent future occurrences, Walgreens has made improvements to its electronic pharmacy management system and has self-reported certain ac
Stephen Wick
Sep 15, 20244 min read
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States Crack Down on Drugmakers to Maintain Discounted Medication Access Amid 340B Program Disputes
In a bid to control prescription drug costs, several states are compelling pharmaceutical companies to continue offering discounted medicati
Stephen Wick
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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Massachusetts Invests Heavily to Rescue Hospitals from Steward’s Financial Crisis, While R.I. AG Seeks to Prevent Similar Outcome
Massachusetts is set to pay an undisclosed sum to acquire St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton through eminent domain, one of five hos
Stephen Wick
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Certain Minnesota Autism Providers Face Fraud Allegations
Minnesota does not issue licenses to autism centers; however, the Department of Human Services (DHS) is currently examining the possibili
Stephen Wick
Jul 16, 20242 min read
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Missouri Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Improperly Relies on Guardianship, Says Justice Department
The Justice Department has concluded that Missouri is in violation of the ADA due to its failure to offer adequate community-based services
Stephen Wick
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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U.S based Medical Treatment Provider to Pay Over $14.9 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims
The settlement addresses allegations that from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, Bluestone knowingly submitted claims for two E&M codes
Stephen Wick
Jun 11, 20245 min read
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Guilty Plea in $27 Million Medicare Fraud Case Involving Cancer Genomic Tests
Medicare did not cover CGx testing for beneficiaries who did not have cancer or lacked symptoms of cancer. Where a CGx test was procured thr
Stephen Wick
May 28, 20246 min read
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Adams Medical Equipment Inc. Executives Admit to Fraud in Maryland and Washington, D.C., Medicaid Programs
The defendants’ schemes were not limited to submitting claims for replacement nebulizers. They also engaged in two billing schemes in which
Stephen Wick
Mar 28, 20246 min read
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NY-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Resolves Health Care Fraud by Paying $17.3 M to Settle Claims of Unlawful "Kickbacks" in Old Contracts with Physicians at a Chemotherapy Infusion Center
During the investigation of New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn, it was discovered that physicians at a chemotherapy infusion center affiliated w
Stephen Wick
Mar 27, 20244 min read
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Medical Doctor Alexander Baldonado, 68, of Queens, New York Charged for Allegedly Defrauding Medicare & Medicaid For Over $20.7million and Illegal Kickback Schemes
Baldonado faces charges including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay
Stephen Wick
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Texas' Top Civil Medicaid Fraud Unit Ceases to Exist under Ken Paxton's Leadership: Ground Breaking Report Co-published ProPublica & The Texas Tribune
Following the departure of the chief of the attorney general's Civil Medicaid Fraud Division last year, two-thirds of the attorneys have re
Stephen Wick
Feb 21, 20244 min read
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Former Dentist Seyed Hamid Tofigh, 57, of Potomac, MD, Sentenced to Five years in Jail for Stealing More than $8 Million Dollars from Medicaid
Tofigh cunningly executed this fraudulent scheme by illegally practicing dentistry on Maryland Medicaid recipients, primarily children,...
Stephen Wick
Feb 14, 20245 min read
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