Compliance News Roundup: EHR Incentive Payments

1. Miami-Area Man Charged For Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme - A Miami-area man was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct community mental health center located in Miami. Read the full story here.

2. Lexington, Kentucky, Jury Convicts Clinical Psychologist for Role in $600 Million Social Security Disability Fraud Scheme - A federal jury in Lexington, Kentucky, today convicted a clinical psychologist for his role in a Social Security disability fraud scheme that included a former Social Security Administration (SSA) administrative law judge and that involved the submission of thousands of falsified medical documents to the SSA, obligating the SSA to pay more than $600 million in lifetime benefits to claimants predicated on these fraudulent submissions. Read the full story here.

3. Deeper Than the Headlines: EHR Incentive Payments - The OIG just released a report as a result of their audits in which an estimated $729,424,395 in incentive payments were inappropriately paid by CMS to EPs who did not meet meaningful use requirements. Read the full story here.

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