Healthicity Blog

1. 10 largest HIPAA settlement fines - “HHS' Office for Civil Rights is becoming more aggressive in enforcing HIPAA regulations. In the first seven months of 2016 alone, HHS recorded close to $15 million in settlement payments.

1. South Carolina Hospital to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and Stark Law Allegations -

You’re not alone. According to Pies Steel, a human resources professor at University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, 95% of the population procrastinates and 20% are “chronic offenders.”

1. Florida pain clinic to pay $7.4M for Medicare fraud - “A company that runs pain clinics in northeast Florida will pay the federal government $7.4 million

1. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $2.95 Million Settlement With Hospital Group For Improperly Delaying Repayment Of Medicaid Funds -

1. Fort Myers doc pays $250K Medicare Fraud Settlement - “A Fort Myers urologist implicated in a multimillion-dollar federal investigation of 21st Century Oncology's billings to the Medicare and Tricare programs, will pay $250,000 to resolve allegations against him”

1. Tenet Healthcare agrees to plead guilty in Atlanta kickback scheme, will pay $514 million - “Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) said Monday that it believes it has reached an agreement

1. New York Doctor Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Healthcare Fraud - “A New York surgeon who practiced at hospitals in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York, was convicted