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Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney ...
Health care fraud includes "snake oil" marketing, health insurance fraud, drug fraud, and medical fraud. Health insurance fraud occurs when a company or an individual defrauds an insurer or government health care program, such as Medicare (United States) or equivalent State programs. The manner in which this is done varies, and persons engaging ...
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...
Courtney is a former pharmacist who owned and operated Research Medical Tower Pharmacy in Missouri. [33] In 2002, he was convicted of pharmaceutical fraud and sentenced to federal prison. [33] Greenberg v. Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute: United States Florida: 2003
Derrick Todd, the Massachusetts doctor who is accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 patients in a class-action lawsuit, has been indicted on two counts of rape.. The former rheumatologist ...
Another study notes that about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000–2002. Hospital costs associated with such medical errors were estimated at $324 million in October 2008 alone. [6] Approximately 17,000 malpractice cases are filed in the U.S. each ...
Mar. 29—Two women accused in a high-profile caretaker abuse case each were indicted by a grand jury with additional fraud charges. Patricia Hurtado and Angelita Chacon — who face criminal ...