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Volume 75, no. 11 November 2019 The federal government has been declaring war on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare since shortly after it was enacted in 1965. In the 1970s, there was the Professional […]
Printable PDF available at: http://www.jpands.org/vol21no2/schlafly.pdf By Andrew L. Schlafly, Esq., “Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” is a famous saying from the communist Soviet Union, where prosecutions of innocent people, and over-prosecutions […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has been referred to as the top “Medicaid Fraud Dogg,” has announced an “historic” roundup of 601 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in a $2 billion bust. Fraud in Medicaid is indeed […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill More Plucking Away at the ACA On June 18, 2015, H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act was passed by the House 280 […]
The Department of Justice and DaVita entered a settlement in which DaVita will pay $350 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act. DaVita targeted “young and in debt” physicians with large numbers […]
In a Nov. 18, 2014 letter U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and John Barrasso, M.D., (R-Wyoming) asked Dept. […]
Some Wisconsin doctors have offered, at a public event, to write sickness excuses on request for protesting teachers, according to ABC News. A spokeswoman said that they knew they could “get in trouble,” but would […]
Criminal Prosecutions for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud PRESENTED BY: Mark L. Bennett, Jr. BENNETT & DILLON, L.L.P. 1605 SW 37th Street Topeka, KS 66611 (913-267-5063) (913-267-2652 – Fax) I INTRODUCTION Having served as a prosecutor […]
William McGuire, M.D. former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, agreed to one of the largest executive-pay givebacks in history, forfeiting $620 million in stock option gains and retirement pay, to settle civil and federal claims against stock-option backdating. The final outcome, however, remains uncertain as of Dec 28.
