High-profile actors and actresses have received media attention recently for their roles in a college entrance scam. Enforcement officers arrested multiple members of the Hollywood elite. Prosecutors charged the actors with crimes connected to their rolls in a scandal...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has accused a Long Island pharmacist of a complex, multi-million-dollar Medicaid scam. The scam, according to prosecutors, involved pharmacies throughout New York including locations in Manhattan and the Bronx. The state...
The state of Texas recently accused Xerox, the giant in the copying industry, of violating its Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. The law makes it illegal to fraudulent charge the state’s Medicaid system.More on the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act: The...
Filling out an application for a nursing license can be a long and taxing process. These licenses are generally state specific, meaning nurses likely need to complete different applications whenever they relocate to a different state. The application for a nursing...
Technology has touched every area of our lives. We have devices in our pockets that allow us to be in constant contact with our loved ones and colleagues, our vehicles are beginning to use the technology needed to drive themselves and our refrigerators can tell us...
The United States Department of Justice created the Health Care Fraud Unit to investigate allegations of health care fraud. This unit does not just focus on doctors and hospitals. Any professional that submits a bill with Medicare, Medicaid or other health insurance...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) estimates health care fraud costs the United States billions of dollars every year. Artificial intelligence (AI) specialists claim they have a tool that can help the government recoup these losses. These specialists state they...
Two physicians have filed a lawsuit against a local New York hospital. The physicians claim the hospital that served as their employer illegally retaliated against them when they reported another physician’s dangerous conduct. One of the physicians served as the...
The health care market is evolving. Physicians are becoming more specialized and patients are more likely to see many different providers. A single patient may have one doctor to manage diabetes, another to manage heart issues and still a third for problems with their...
The American population is aging. As the Baby Boomers begin to transition into a new phase of life, there will likely be a greater demand for home health care services. In an effort to help address this need, lawmakers passed the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM)....
