1. Genetic Testing Company Agrees to Pay $1.99 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims to Medicare for Medically Unnecessary Tests –
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Compliance News Roundup: Blood Draws and Travel Allowance

1. Columbus Home Health Care Provider Sentenced for Fraud COLUMBUS, Ohio – “The co-owner of Alpha Star Health Care Inc. was sentenced today in federal court to 18 months in prison for running home health care fraud and tax fraud schemes.” Get the full scoop >>
Deeper Than the Headlines: Individual Accountability Is Not Just a Soundbite

Compliance News Roundup: A CEO Calls it Quits For Fear of Legal Action

1. OIG report: Vidant Medical Center Incorrectly Billed Medicare Inpatient Claims with Severe Malnutrition (A-03-15-00011) - Vidant Medical Center (the Hospital), in Greenville, North Carolina, complied with Medicare billing requirements for diagnosis codes 261 and 262 for 11 of the 100 claims that...
Deeper Than the Headlines: A CEO Calls it Quits For Fear of Legal Action


Most of us by now have heard of the Yates’ Memo that directs the Department of Justice attorneys to hold individuals accountable for inappropriate actions associated with corporate wrongdoing. Since the memo, there’s been an increase of corporate accountability in the headlines, which demonstrates...
Compliance News Roundup: Dental Provider Compliance Woes
Compliance News Roundup: Why Your Organization Needs to Spend Money to Save Billions
DTH Series: Why Your Organization Needs to Spend Money to Save Billions


Welcome to this week's post in our Deeper Than the Headlines blog post series.
In fiscal year 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $2.5 Billion through the False Claims Act from the healthcare industry.