Headlines:
Scrushy Ordered to Pay $2.88
Billion
Ex Hospital Executive Admits
Paying Recruiters
Former Physician’s Assistant
Found Guilty
LPN Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently
Billing Medicaid
Pharmaceutical Company Manager
Sentenced for Off-Label Marketing
Health Care Agency Owner Pleads
Guilty
TennCare Provider Fraud Task Force
Reaches Largest TennCare False Claims Act Settlement to
Date
Owner of Aging Care Health Care
Sentenced
Inspections Find Many VA
Facilities Lack Colonoscopy Safety
U.S. Attorney General Holder
Addresses Health Care Fraud in His Statement Before the United States
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Combating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Medicare and
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Testimony
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Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, Office of Inspector General,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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May 6, 2009
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Testimony on Capitol Hill Supports Compliance
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On April 22, 2009, Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel, Office
of Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services and New
York State Medicaid Inspector General James G. Sheehan each promoted the
use of compliance programs as a means to thwart waste, fraud and abuse
in Federal Health Care Programs
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2008-2009 New York State Office of
Medicaid Inspector General Work Plan
Open Letter from Inspector General
Daniel R. Levinson to Health Care Providers, April 15,
2008
HCCA 10th Annual Survey Profile of
Health Care Compliance Officers
OIG Work Plan for FY 2008 from the
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector
General
OIG and HCCA Issue Government-Industry
Roundtable Report: Driving For Quality in Long-Term Care: A Board of
Directors Dashboard
OIG and HCCA cosponsored a Government-industry
roundtable in December for representatives from the long-term care
industry to share experiences and inform OIG and HCCA of issues
surrounding boards of directors' oversight of quality of
care.
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Research Compliance Research Risk
Areas Identified
Research Billing, Effort Reporting and Conflicts of Interest topped
the list of Risk Areas identified by those who attended the Health Care
Compliance Association Research Compliance Conference held October 31
through November 2, 2007 in Chicago, IL. The survey was conducted by
HCCA following the conference with approximately 85 responses.
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Department Of Justice Files Complaint Against
Ex-Tenet General Counsel
On September 18, 2007, the government announced it had filed a
complaint alleging that the former general counsel of Tenet Healthcare
Corporation violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department
announced today. The suit contends that in 1997 and 1998, Christi
Sulzbach submitted false certifications to the Department of Health and
Human Services which allowed Tenet to bill Medicare for millions of
dollars in claims that it was not entitled to receive.
US v. Christi R. Sulzbach_Complaint
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Health Care Quality: Resource for Health Care Boards of
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HHS Rescinds Medicaid Regulations
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that the
administration will rescind all or part of three Medicaid regulations
that were previously issued and delay the enforcement of a fourth
regulation.
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Survey Reveals Little Connection Among Compensation,
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Employing
Physicians and the Compliance Problems They
Present
July 15, 2009
Liability Settlements and the New Mandatory
Reporting Requirements: Preparation, Compliance, Risks &
Challenges
July 21, 2009
Beyond
the Basics: The intersection of Revenue Cycle Effectiveness and
Compliance and what you need to know to improve both at the same
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