The HHS' Office of Inspector General has released the first of 11 videos and podcasts on compliance topics relevant for healthcare providers, according to an OIG news release.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
An internist from Brooklyn, N.Y., has been indicted for allegedly falsifying Medicaid applications so his spouse could illegally qualify for Medicaid coverage, according to a news release from Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. In Oct. 2008, Oksana Shulim…
A former cardiologist from St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., is facing 22 more lawsuits filed by patients who claim Mark Midei, MD, misled them to undergo stent implants that may have been unnecessary, according to a Baltimore Business…
The former chief of cardiology at Johnson City (Tenn.) Medical Center was arraigned earlier this week on charges of obtaining narcotics by fraud, according to a Greenville Sun report. William Walker, MD, was fired from his position at JCMC when…
Attorneys for Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health have asked a federal court to throw out a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice that questions the hospital’s billing practices and financial relationships with physicians, according to a Daytona Beach…
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Gwendolyn Washington, MD, a primary care physician based in Southfield, Mich., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison following a conviction for corruption, healthcare fraud and prescription drug trafficking, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
A hospital owned by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare is facing accusations from investigative news outlet California Watch that it diagnosed patients with acute heart failure to reap more generous Medicare payments. California Watch alleges that from 2008-2010, Chino (Calif.) Valley…
CMS has awarded $9 million to help Senior Medicare Patrols continue in the fight against Medicare fraud, according to a CMS news release. The SMP program is operated by the Administration on Aging in partnership with CMS and the HHS…
New York-based Pfizer is expected to pay at least $60 million to the United States to settle allegations that it paid bribes to companies overseas to obtain business, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In a Nov. 10 regulatory…
The following lawsuits were filed or announced in the past month. 1. OIG: Cleveland Clinic Received Nearly $254k in Medicare OverpaymentsA federal review has found Cleveland Clinic was overpaid approximately $254,000 for 24 Medicare claims from 2008-2009. The report says…