The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting comments through Nov. 3 on a proposed change to the reporting period for the Medicare wage index occupational mix survey, according to a report from the American Hospital Association.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Attorney General Tony West announced new tips and information available online to help seniors and Medicare beneficiaries deter, detect and defend against Medical identity theft, according to an HHS…
Darryl Clarence Harris, MD, an OB/GYN formerly of Beaumont, Texas, has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud, according to a report by KFDM News.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has settled a lawsuit by Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access and University Medical Center of Southern Nevada challenging a CMS requirement that all hospitals must include national drug codes on Medicaid claims…
Federal tort reform could reduce U.S. healthcare spending by $11 billion a year, according to a letter from the Congressional Budget Office to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
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John Allen Thompson, DC , a chiropractor based in Shreveport, La., pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud, avoiding a federal trial at which he would have faced 72 counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to…
Andrew L. Sokol and Julie B. Weisberg, licensed chiropractors based in Marietta, Ga., were arraigned on charges they submitted millions of dollars of fraudulent insurance claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield and other private insurers for physical therapy services that…
Three Miami-Dade County, Fla., residents have been indicted for their roles in an alleged $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of X-Press Center, a Detroit-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing injection and infusion therapies, according to a…
Kelly Dean Shrum, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist based in Pine Bluff, Ark., has been indicted on charges of healthcare fraud, misbranding and money laundering by a federal grand jury, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) reported that around 1,040 qui tam cases remain unresolved because the federal government has yet to decide whether to get involved, according to a news release from Sen. Grassley.