Compliance News Roundup: A Crackdown on Healthcare Fraud: Experts Say it's Here to Stay

1. Missouri Hospitals to pay U.S. $34m to settle alleged false claims: Two Southwest Missouri health care providers have agreed to pay the United States $34,000,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced. Read more here: http://www.poandpo.com/crime/missouri-hospitals-to-pay-us-34m-to-settle-alleged-false-claims-2052017910/

2. Albuquerque business accused of Medicaid fraud: An Albuquerque business is accused of Medicaid fraud. Among the accusations, investigators said Angel Touch Personal Care billed the government for dead and fake patients. Read more here: http://krqe.com/2017/05/20/albuquerque-business-accused-of-medicaid-fraud/

3. Deeper Than the Headlines - A Crackdown on Healthcare Fraud: Experts Say it's Here to Stay: The Medicare Fraud Strike Force is obtaining billing data from CMS in close to real time. They even have an in-house data analytics team and they feel they are able to halt some schemes as they develop. But in addition to the in-house work they are doing, they are pushing out the data they develop to U.S. Attorneys' Offices and investigative agencies across the country, not just their Strike Force cities. This gives other prosecutors the tools and key data they need to fuel their investigations and prosecutions. Read more here: http://www.healthicity.com/blog/deeper-than-the-headlines-crackdown-on-healthcare-fraud