Jack Stick could find out this month whether he will stand trial on a two-year-old drunk driving arrest. After a Thursday pretrial hearing, County Court-at-Law Judge Nancy Hohengarten said she will rule before an Oct. 21 hearing whether to admit … Read More
A Detroit federal jury convicted the operator of an adult day care center and two home health care company owners in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme, The Detroit Free Press reported on Thursday. Felicar Williams, 51, Abdul Malik Al-Jumail, … Read More
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission claimed $746,000 in unallowable supplemental payments made to the University of North Texas for the period May 1, 2004, through September 30, 2007. via Review of Physician Supplemental Payments Made to the University … Read More
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Office of Medicaid (State agency), did not always use the correct Federal medical assistance percentages (FMAPs) when processing claim adjustments reported on the Quarterly Medicaid Statement of Expenditures for the Medical … Read More
Also during the debate, Abbott proposed Texas seek and receive a block grant to reform the state’s Medicaid system. It is a proposal similar to the ones Patrick and Perry have laid out for how to deal with the state’s … Read More
The federal government and 48 state attorney generals, including Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot, resolved a Medicaid fraud investigation with a $56.5 million agreement. The investigation was being conducted into Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC for unlawfully promoting Adderrall XR, Vyvanse, Daytrona, … Read More
WASHINGTON—The owner of a Miami home health care agency has been arrested in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving Acclaim Home Healthcare Inc. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. … Read More
WASHINGTON—A Miami man was arrested today on health care fraud and money laundering charges in connection with an alleged $24 million scheme to defraud Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo … Read More
Republican lawmakers in Florida and Texas snubbed the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion for adults, but their states did broaden the program this year — for school-age children. Those states were among 21 – including some big Democratic-led states, such … Read More
AUSTIN — A top state official is stopped for drunken driving and refuses breath and blood tests. Police cite erratic driving and uncooperative behavior, and critics say the official is unfit to serve in public office. This is not the … Read More
OLYMPIA — In a case brought by the Attorney General, the owner of a wheelchair company that fraudulently delivered 119 used or refurbished wheelchairs to the poor and disabled across the state was convicted on felony charges Sept. 25 in … Read More
September 29, 2014 — Late last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that establishes standardized requirements for dental plans to disclose how they spend patient premiums. The bill, AB 1962 introduced by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), puts the … Read More
While critics were hounding Gov. Rick Perry a decade ago about his job-luring Texas Enterprise Fund, his lawyers went to Attorney General Greg Abbott to block the release of applications that supposedly had been filled out by the entities requesting … Read More
The following article was published today in the Texas Tribune, authored by Christine Ayala and Jay Root. UPDATE: The same article was republished in the New York Times with the title “A Texas Official’s D.W.I. Case Is Being Seen in … Read More
AUSTIN – Call it the billion-dollar blame game. Six years after auditors discovered signs that some Texas orthodontists were putting unneeded braces on teeth of the state’s poorest children, an army of lawyers are battling over who is liable for … Read More
The owner of a home health services company was sentenced to serve five years in prison for his leading role in a conspiracy to structure over $1.8 million in bank withdrawals to conceal a $4.5 million healthcare fraud scheme. Assistant … Read More
A New Orleans grand jury today indicted seven defendants for their roles in a $56 million Medicare fraud scheme that operated in New Orleans and surrounding communities. Thirteen defendants have now been charged in this case, three of whom pleaded … Read More
The facts of the auditor’s report released Thursday on the administration of Gov. Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund are, as the Tribune’s Aman Batheja termed it, “damning.” How bad? Eleven companies receiving a total of $223.3 million “either did not … Read More
he Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has filed a claim against the private company responsible for rolling out a Medicaid payment system that the state says is riddled with defects. In the claim filed Monday, the health department said … Read More
Erin Fair Taylor’s job isn’t easy. That’s because every day, she must figure out how to pay doctors. Taylor works for CareOregon, which is playing an active part in Oregon’s effort to overhaul its Medicaid system. As such, it’s her … Read More
AUSTIN — The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) plans to re-issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a major data project this fall. The original procurement was canceled so the state could make revisions to help lower the … Read More
September 22, 2014 — Even after months of debate, Missouri lawmakers still can’t settle the debate over how to fund the costs of a government-funded health plan that would provide dental care for almost 300,000 low-income adults in the state. … Read More
AUSTIN – Texas health officials abruptly have pulled the plug on a major data project amid concerns about its cost and suggestions the tentative contract winner was receiving inside information from state negotiators. The decision to end negotiations with Truven … Read More
ATLANTA, GA – The United States Attorney’s Office announced it has reached settlements with Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital and Nursing Home Authority d/b/a Banks Jackson Commerce Medical Center (BJC) and Dr. Narasimhulu Neelagaru that total over $500,000. “Kickbacks pervert our health care … Read More
The former owner of a Long Beach, California, medical supply company was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,490,532 in restitution for his role in a scheme to provide unnecessary power wheelchairs to Medicare … Read More
Consumers saved $1 billion in 2013 and states receive more funding to continue to scrutinize rate hikes Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today released a new report showing that in 2013 alone, consumers benefitted from $1 billion … Read More
NORFOLK, Va. – W. Wayne Perry, Jr., 55, and his wife, Angela Perry, 52, formerly of Suffolk, Va., were convicted after a three-week trial late yesterday afternoon by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit health care … Read More
by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO — When Armando Rodriguez opened the front door of his home here on the city’s west side, Chris Ornelas of the Texas Organizing Project met him with one question. “What are some … Read More
WASHINGTON – Lewis J. Levine, 57, a chiropractor who practiced in Southeast Washington, pled guilty today to a federal charge of health care fraud for his role in a scheme involving fraudulent claims to the District of Columbia Medicaid program. … Read More
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that AKIM MURRAY, an employee of the Medicaid Reimbursement Unit of the New York City Human Resources Administration “HRA”, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard … Read More
OIG SNAP Fraud Strategies Report Required by Senate Bill 8 is published by HHSC. This PDF file is available here:
Funding creates an estimated 4,750 new jobs; Helps newly insured access care Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today $295 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 1,195 health centers in every U.S. State, the District of … Read More
Signed into law in 1965, Medicaid ensures health coverage for nearly 60 million Americans today. Since the Medicaid program was established, the costs and responsibilities for administering it have been shared between the States and the Federal Government. However, a … Read More
A McAllen man was charged Wednesday in a federal indictment for an alleged scheme to defraud Texas Medicaid out of more than $2 million. Willie Chester Mitchell, 33, the owner of two Rio Grande Valley medical equipment companies, Illusion Medical … Read More
The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals State agency did not always pay Medicaid electronic health record EHR incentive payments in accordance with Federal and State requirements. The State agency made incorrect EHR incentive payments to 20 hospitals totaling $4.4 … Read More
Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on September 3, 2014, Christopher Spivey, 30, pled guilty to submitting false and fraudulent bills in relation to personal assistant services in the Home Services … Read More
BALTIMORE — The ordinary looking office building in a suburb of Baltimore gives no hint of the high-tech detective work going on inside. A $100 million system churns through complicated medical claims, searching for suspicious patterns and posting the findings … Read More
WASHINGTON — If the 23 states that have rejected expanding Medicaid under the 2010 health care law continue to do so for the next eight years, they’ll pay $152 billion to extend the program in other states _ while receiving … Read More
Data mining is the process of identifying fraud through the screening and analysis of data. On May 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final rule "State Medicaid Fraud Control Units; Data Mining" (78 Fed. … Read More
State regulators in Texas last week agreed to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud against Trueblood Dental Associates, P.A. Brace yourself for the numbers: The state agreed to recover just $39,211 out of a $16,209,289 projected overpayment for dental claims in a … Read More
