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Tenet Healthcare and Affiliated California Hospital to Pay $1.41 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Implanting Unnecessary Cardiac Monitors

February 11, 2020 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: False Claims Act, medicare, Tenet Healthcare

Medicare chief asked taxpayers to cover stolen jewelry

December 9, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

A top Trump health appointee sought to have taxpayers reimburse her for the costs of jewelry, clothing and other possessions, including a $5,900 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, health and human services, medicare, Medicare Chief

Senators Call for Closing “Loopholes” That Make Health Care Fraud Easy

August 14, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Following a detailed account of how scam artists can easily gain access to health care cash, six Democratic senators this week sent a letter to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: health care fraud, medicaid, medicare

Texas firm accused of Medicare fraud files for bankruptcy

July 31, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A blood-testing company filed for bankruptcy and says it’s cutting jobs because Medicare payments have been withheld over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, medicare, medicare fraud

We Have a Dental Care Crisis. Medicare for All Could Solve It.

July 12, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Over an early September weekend in 2017, some 850 visitors showed up to the University of Maryland (UMD) basketball arena in College Park. But the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: dental medicaid, medicare

Texarkana Physician Agrees to Pay $118,000 to Settle Medicare Billing Fraud Allegations

May 17, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

TEXARKANA, Texas – A Texarkana, Texas, physician has agreed to pay $118,000 to settle allegations of improper billing practices for his Medicare … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: medicaid, medicare

Fraud Alert: Nationwide Brace Scam

April 12, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving orthotic braces and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: HHS-OIG, medicare

Medicare made $23B in improper payments in 2017 due to documentation errors

March 28, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Medicare made more than $23 billion in improper payments in 2017 due to insufficient documentation, according to a new Government Accountability … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: medicaid, medicare

KFF: Two-thirds of Medicare recipients lack dental coverage

March 15, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Lack of routine dental care can result in complications and high-cost emergency department visits. Yet almost two-thirds of Medicare recipients, 37 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: dental news, medicare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Had Not Recovered More Than a Billion Dollars in Medicaid Overpayments Identified by OIG Audits

December 12, 2018 By TDMR Leave a Comment

12-07-2018 | Audit (A-05-17-00013) | Complete Report | Report in Brief In a previous review, OIG determined that CMS had recovered the majority of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: CMS, medicaid, medicare

Trump Administration Invites Health Care Industry to Help Rewrite Ban on Kickbacks

November 24, 2018 By TDMR Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has labored zealously to cut federal regulations, but its latest move has still astonished some experts on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: medicaid, medicare

Justice Department approves CVS’s $69 billion merger with insurance giant Aetna

October 10, 2018 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Antitrust officials gave CVS the green light on Wednesday to purchase Aetna, the nation’s third-largest health insurance company, in a $69 billion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: medicare

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