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  2. Health care fraud - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Medicare fraud - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Anti-Kickback Statute - Wikipedia

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    The statute is among the most important healthcare fraud and abuse laws in the United States. [4] [5] Violation of the AKS is a felony. [2] The AKS was "enacted to ensure that clinical decisions and medical services are provided to patients based on their medical needs and not on the improper financial considerations of providers". [6]

  5. From ‘overweight’ to ‘morbid obesity: Ghe U.S ... - AOL

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    A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars ...

  6. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Wikipedia

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    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Other short titles: Kassebaum–Kennedy Act, Kennedy–Kassebaum Act: Long title: An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use ...

  7. Key Musk DOGE adviser meets with leaders of Medicare agency - AOL

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    CMS oversees health care coverage for more than 160 million through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. ... fraud and abuse. A 2024 ...

  8. List of largest pharmaceutical settlements - Wikipedia

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    Legal claims against the pharmaceutical industry have varied widely over the past two decades, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud, off-label promotion, and inadequate manufacturing practices. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] With respect to off-label promotion, specifically, a federal court recognized off-label promotion as a violation of the False Claims Act ...

  9. 5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History - AOL

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    Humanitarian assistance, meaning deliveries of food and other essentials, took up $9.4 billion, while $7.2 billion was allocated to health care. Another $3.7 billion went to administrative costs.