1. Medicare Fails To Recover Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Lab Overcharges - “Five years ago, Companion DX Reference Lab hoped to cash in on cutting-edge genetic tests paid for by Medicare. The Houston lab marketed a test to assess how a person’s genes affect tolerance for drugs such as opiates used to treat chronic pain. It also ran DNA tests to help treat cancer and urine screens to monitor drug abuse. But the lab went bust last year after Medicare ordered it to repay more than $16 million for genetic tests health officials said were not needed.” Get the full scoop >>
2. New Jersey Dentist Sentenced to Eight Year Prison Term, Ordered to Pay $7 Million in Scheme to Defraud Medicaid - “Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced that the owner of a now-defunct Central Jersey mobile dental practice today was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $7 million in restitution and civil penalties in connection with a scheme to defraud more than $5.5 million from Medicaid.” Get the full scoop >>
3. Deeper Than the Headlines: HIPAA Security Risk Analysis - It’s that time of year. Everyone is running around trying to complete their 2017 HIPAA Security Risk Analysis as required under Meaningful Use and/or MACRA.If your organization took incentive money to implement an electronic health record (EHR) then one of the requirements your organization must certify to is that you completed an annual Security Risk Analysis. Get the full scoop >>
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