Healthicity Blog

1. Las Vegas Cardiology Practice Agrees To Pay $2.5 Million Settlement Claim Involving Medicare Kickback Scheme –

The Sunshine Act was created to increase the transparency of financial relationships between physicians and the manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.

Have you ever received some promotional or marketing material from a hospital you visited?

Is your compliance program diligently performing exclusions’ checks against sanctioned individuals?

1. Houston Psychiatrist Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Role in $155 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme –

1. Merced Former CEO and Licensed Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud –

340B Drug Pricing Program

The 340B drug pricing program was authorized by Congress in 1992 to generate savings for certain safety-net healthcare providers by allowing them to purchase outpatient drugs at discounted prices. It is estimated that the savings to 340B providers attributable to the...