Quick quiz. What should doctors do when they recognize that a hospitalized patient is ready to go home? If you answered: discharge the patient, you havent spent time working at
The Obama administration just announced that fighting Medicaid fraud is going to be a key priority for the final year of the presidents term. Thats a tall order. Last year,
A federal jury on Tuesday found a Florida ophthalmologist guilty of collecting $7.1 million from Medicare after treating patients for retinal diseases they didnt have. The jury found David Ming
Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical
Medicare managers ongoing efforts to avoid duplicate payments to health care providers could benefit from improvements to post-payment reviews by contractors, a recent audit found. The Centers for Medicare and
Two medical equipment supply company owners and an associate were sentenced in federal court in Oakland earlier this week to prison terms for their roles in a $1.6 million Medicare
A South Florida man pleaded guilty in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme. Former Network Resource Consultant Inc. chief Michael Mendoza pleaded guilty to health fraud conspiracy Thursday, June 19th
One doctor served prison time for health care fraud. Another has been disciplined by regulators five times, on charges including dangerous overuse of anesthesia. A third devotes his practice to
Fraud and Error Costs Global Healthcare Sector $487 Billion (£313 Billion) Per Year Since 2008 global average fraud and error losses in healthcare have risen 25% from 5.59% of expenditure
