Healthicity
1. Ambulance Company and its Municipal Clients Agree to Pay Over $21 Million to Settle Allegations of Unlawful Kickbacks and Improper Financial Relationships –
CJ Wolf
On August 3, 2018, the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the physician practice Northwest ENT Associates, in Georgia.
Healthicity
1. Post Acute Medical Agrees to Pay More Than $13 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Improper Physician Relationships –
CJ Wolf
The OIG has added more items to their work plan in August (2018). Let’s take a quick look at some of the areas they will be scrutinizing.
CJ Wolf
My latest Compliance Conversations episode is called “The Teaching Physicians Rule: A Blessing or a Curse.”
Healthicity
1. Merced Former CEO and Licensed Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud –
CJ Wolf
The U.S. Department of Justice has recently announced another location for a Medicare Fraud Strike Force. This newest location is the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force.
CJ Wolf
What is it about it about human nature that can cause non-compliance? How does a structured compliance program help combat our weaknesses?
