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 Infusion Therapy Fraud
The Department
of Justice
has charged R&I
Billing, a South Florida company, with fraudulently
billing Medicare for $170 million for
infusion of HIV drugs.
Infusion
therapy fraud is so common in Florida, that
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services has announced
that all
infusion companies operating in the state
will have to reapply as Medicare providers.
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Health Fraud in NYNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed 56 home health care agencies following the arrest, last December, of more than 25 individuals in the industry. The Attorney General's office is investigating whether home health care training schools were selling certifications to those who had no training at all. >> To read more |
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 Missing Weapons
The U.S military
says it has no idea where 110,000
AK-47 assault rifles, 80,000 Glock pistols,
135,000 pieces of body armor, and 115,000 Kevlar
helmets that were sent to Iraq ended up. The
U.S. Army
Criminal Investigation Command, the Department
of Justice, and the FBI are now investigating
possible fraud and several criminal
investigations have been initiated. >>
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 Louisiana Revises State FCA Louisiana has revised its Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law ("MAPIL") to conform with Section 6031 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ("DRA"). The state is now waiting to see if this revision of the state's Medicaid False Claims Act is sufficient to pass muster with HHS OIG. >> To read law |
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