California Sleep Clinic Agrees To Settle False Claims Case for Billing Medicare for Diagnostic Sleep Tests. Pays $2.6 Million Fine and Loses Provider Numbers for 3 Years.

Diagnostic sleep studies have been under scrutiny and audit by Medicare and private insurers for the past 5 years. Recently, a false claims ...

Unlicensed Michigan Physician Who Saw Patients at Home Under Other Doctors' Names for 8 Years Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud for Role in Billing Medicare Over $6 Million

Home visits must follow the same rules as billing at a physician's office. In addition, in certain clinics we have seen an increase in o...

CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Centers Settle Qui Tam Allegations of Prescribing of Suboxone by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Without Proper Physician Supervision and Improper Billing

The addiction industry is facing a great deal of scrutiny at every level.  The laws and regulations are changing and compliance is lagging b...

New Jersey Family Doctor Who Billed For Non-Existent Office Visits, Altered Patient Medical Records Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison

In the past, if there were Medicare audits for services billed but not performed, there would be a demand for overpayment and criminal prose...

Check Out OIG’s Newly Updated List of Corporate Integrity Agreements to Understand Recent Compliance Issues

In keeping up on the latest compliance issues, reporting issues, and the government's view on health care law issues, one of a health ca...