Compliance News Roundup: OIG Medicare Testimony

1. Medical Device Maker AngioDynamics Agrees to Pay $12.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations – “New York-based medical device manufacturer AngioDynamics, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States a total of $12.5 million to resolve allegations that the company caused healthcare providers to submit false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs relating to the use of two medical devices, LC Bead and the Perforator Vein Ablation Kit (PVAK), the Justice Department announced today.” Get the full scoop >>

2. Doctor Indicted And Arrested For Health Care Fraud – “On July 19, 2018, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Dr. Miguel Rivera-Sanabria with 18 counts of health care fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, three counts of false statement relating to health care matters, and eight counts for attempted distribution of controlled substances. The defendant was arrested today, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS-OIG”) is in charge of the investigation with the collaboration of the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).” Get the full scoop >>

3. Deeper Than the Headlines: OIG Medical Testimony– “A few weeks ago, we reported on a testimony the OIG provided on Capitol Hill regarding Medicaid overpayments and fraud. More recently, the OIG has provided more testimony once again. This time, the topic was combating fraud in Medicare. Gloria L. Jarmon, Deputy Inspector General for Audit Services with the OIG provided this testimony to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means on July 17, 2018. Medicare spending represented more than 15% of all Federal spending in 2017. Annual spending on Medicare’s 59 million beneficiaries is $700 Billion. Even if fraud only represents 1% of payments, that is $7 Billion a year which could be spent on much-needed healthcare.” Get the full scoop >>