Public-health enemy no. 1: Medicare fraud
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- CMS takes steps to fight fraud. // Hospital Home Health;Nov2008, Vol. 25 Issue 11, p130
The article discusses the steps to be considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in order to fight fraud and abuse in home health agencies in Florida.
- Medicare, Medicaid fraud go undetected. Cassil, Alwyn // AHA News;09/09/96, Vol. 32 Issue 36, p3
Reports on the persistence of health care fraud and abuse in the United States. Lack of providers' Social Security numbers; Shortcomings of the anti-fraud provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
- Feds turn up the heat in Medicare fraud investigation. Dunn, Philip // AHA News;06/16/97, Vol. 33 Issue 23, p4
Reports on the Medicare false-claims investigation or the Outpatient Lab Unbundling Project in the United States. Charge of hospitals' use of two or more billing codes instead of one inclusive code for tests performed on the same sample on the same day; Lawsuit filed by the Association for...
- Feds turn up the heat on fraud investigations. Cassil, Alwyn // AHA News;10/13/97, Vol. 33 Issue 40, p1
Focuses on federal law enforcement agencies' efforts to control health care fraud. Distinction of being the top white-collar crime; Increase of funding for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's health care fraud investigations; Use of undercover sting operations to root out Medicare fraud.
- Medicare rorters receive $190m. // Australian Nursing Journal;Jul97, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p12
Reports on the losses incurred by the Australian Federal Government because of medicare fraud. Health Insurance Commission's (HIC) approach in the management of fraud and inappropriate medical practices.
- America's most wanted... Mustokoff, Michael; Yecies, Michael // Health Systems Review;Jul/Aug96, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p10
Offers suggestions on how health care facilities in the United States can avoid facing federal Medicare fraud charges. Compliance and self-audit; Good faith efforts.
- Feds relentless in `fraud' campaign. // Trustee;Jan98, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p5
Details the efforts of the United States government to control Medicare fraud. Medicare billing investigation on several Kentucky hospitals; Claims that the government is using the False Claims Act to force hospitals to settle disputes; Difference in the base Medicare reimbursement rates for...
- Remarks on the Medicare fraud initiative and an exchange with reporters. Clinton, Bill // Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;3/31/97, Vol. 33 Issue 13, p409
Presents the remarks of President Bill Clinton on March 25, 1997 on initiatives to fight Medicare fraud. Health care achievements of the administration; Details of the efforts to prevent Medicare fraud; Law enforcement partnerships made as part of the effort; Importance of such initiatives.
- MCOs asking, `who they gonna call?'. Wechsler, Jill // Managed Healthcare;Aug97, Vol. 7 Issue 8, p13
Focuses on the United States government actions against healthcare fraud. Enactment of the Kennedy-Kassebaum legislation; Expansion on the Department of Health and Human Services' Operation Restore Trust program focused on additional violations of government policies; Inspector General's target...
- Medicare fraud and waste! Hospitals ordered to repay millions. // People's Medical Society Newsletter;Dec95, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p6
Reports that the United States Justice Department and the inspector's general's office of the Department of Health and Human Services will impose stiff sanctions for overbilling which is a medicare fraud. Identification of millions of dollars in Medicare overcharges and order given to hospitals...
