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The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) is the latest healthcare organization to agree to a settlement and resolution agreement related to potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security regulations. UMass has agreed to pay a fine of $650,000 and to abide by a two-year corrective...

On Dec. 1, 2016, a judge ordered to unseal an indictment of 21 individuals allegedly involved in a $40 million bribe and kickback scheme involving Forest Park Medical Center Dallas (FPMC). 

The OIG recently released their 2017 work plan. And the information is crucial for the success of your organization and compliance program.

1. Healthcare Employee Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme - “A Montgomery, Alabama woman was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice...

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Though whistleblower settlements don’t necessarily seem to be slowing down, it does seem that the government is announcing more and more settlements that appear to have originated from government data mining as opposed to whistleblowers.

11,343 individuals and entities have been excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs. The federal government has been awarded or negotiated over $6.8 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements.

1. Long Island Radiology Company, Zwanger-Pesiri Inc., Pleads Guilty To Federal HealthCare Fraud Charges And Agrees To Pay $2.4 Million In Criminal Forfeiture -