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Plastic surgeon Ronald Bergman sues his ex-attorneys over $800K Medicare overbilling case
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA prominent plastic surgeon who two years ago paid more than $800,000 to settle claims of improper...
NJ residents are pummeled by hidden health care costs. Fix it, Trenton
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGov. Phil Murphy recently signed a new transparency law that prevents Garden State businesses from...
Jury sides with UM in legal fight over Shalala’s firing of No. 2 exec at med school
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoThe University of Miami won a major legal battle Tuesday against a former top medical school...
University of Miami’s first Latina top surgeon sues, alleges whistle-blower retaliation
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoDr. Omaida Velazquez says she was removed from her administrative role at the University of Miami...
Mississippi health care provider to pay $1.87M to settle false claims to Medicare and Medicaid
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOXFORD, Miss. — An orthopedic clinic in north Mississippi and its owner have agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to resolve allegations that the health care provider knowingly submitted false ...
Comptroller Lander refuses to register Mayor Adams’ Medicare Advantage contract for NYC retirees...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCity Comptroller Brad Lander took the unusual step Thursday of refusing to register Mayor Adams’ plan to switch the city’s 250,000 retired workers into a privatized, cost-cutting version of ...
How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions
The Sentinel Echo, London, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 29—In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry practice whose owner ...
Fraud is the killjoy at the telehealth party
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCongress is rushing to maintain telehealth access it promoted during the pandemic, but some fear virtual medicine without safeguards could enable fraud.
