False Claims Act Update & Alert |
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Taxpayers
Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG |
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 New Study Shows
Medicare Enforcement Saves Money The January edition of the Journal of Health Economics has in it a notable article authored by a David Becker of U.C. Berkeley, Daniel Kessler of Stanford, and Mark McClellan, the current head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "Detecting Medicare Abuse" concludes that increased enforcement leads to lower billing but does not have adverse consequences for patients. >> To read the paper |
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Million E-Rate SettlementFor the third time, the City of San Francisco has successfully used the False Claims Act to recover millions stolen from its education system. Inter-tel agreed to pay $7 million to settle civil false claims charges, and also pleaded guilty to two criminal felony counts. Over 50 E-Rate fraud investigations are underway across the U.S. >> For more information |
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 Ripping Off the
County?A former Solano County Calinfornia employee has filed a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that a county-contracted information technology firm that was given a no-bid contract for IT Services unlawfully overcharged the county and state for at least $30 million of services via a series of false claims. The case is set for trial on Jan. 28. >> For more information |
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 Kindred:
Hold Them and Bill?Kindred Healthcare, which operates 252 nursing homes in 29 states, has been under investigation for fraud by the U.S. Dept. of Justice since April of 2002. The investigation concerns allegations that Kindred "knowingly defrauded" the federal government by "1) providing and billing for services that were not medically necessary or reasonable, 2) denying patients timely hospital discharge in accordance with physicians' orders in order to maintain a high patient census, and 3) altering facility documentation to support extended patient stays and Medicare billings." >> For more information |
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