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Chiropractor and
Physician Among Three Defendants Indicted in Alleged $1 Million Health
Care Fraud Scheme
Michigan Doctor
Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme
Obama Announces
Effort to Reduce Health Care Waste, Fraud
Florida Senator
Requests More Health Care Fraud Prevention
Psychologist
Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
Physician’s
Assistant and His Wife Charged in Scheme to Defraud Medicaid
Ex-Hospital Worker
Sued Over Breach
State Audit Claims
Medicaid Billed for Services to Deceased Patients
Chicago Hospital
Agrees to Pay More Than $1.5 Million
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Combating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Medicare and
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Testimony of:
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Department of Health and Human Services
to the US Senate Special Committee on Aging
May 6, 2009
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
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Daniel R. Levinson to Health Care Providers, April 15,
2008
HCCA 10th Annual Survey Profile of
Health Care Compliance Officers
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
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