Fraud Governance Overpayments 
AIHC
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
When Audit Managers Knowingly Skew Audit Results Written by Carl J Byron , CCS, CHA, CIFHA, CMDP, CPC, CRAS, ICDCTCM/PCS, OHCC and CPT/03 USAR FA (Ret) Fraud cannot be eliminated. No system is completely fraud-proof, as any system can be bypassed or manipulated. on fraud detection and prevention in healthcare.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
government and calls for better oversight , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. This article focuses on the relatively young technologies that enable CMS to uncover overbillings, whether they be errors or fraud. public in overpayments.
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Healthcare Law Today
JANUARY 2, 2023
As written, the proposed rule would remove the existing “reasonable diligence” standard for identification of overpayments, and add the “knowing” and “knowingly” FCA definition. And, a provider is required to refund overpayments it is obliged to refund within 60 days of such identified overpayment.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 5, 2023
The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes— costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. In 2021, a U.S.
Health Law RX
MARCH 30, 2023
Setting aside the incalculable impact that litigation can have on business operations, the statute itself anticipates repayment of the proven overpayment, treble damages, and exposure to a civil statutory penalty equal to a range between $13,508 and $27,018 per false claim. This is the reality for a medical company in Minnesota.
Health Law Blog
MAY 22, 2018
Substance Abuse Treatment Center Fraud Scheme Results in Guilty Plea. The Department of Justice recently announced the guilty plea of two individual alcohol and substance abuse treatment center owners for their participation in what DOJ labeled a “multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme.”
Healthcare Law Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Part 521 governing the implementation and operation of effective compliance programs for certain “required providers,” including, now for the first time, Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs). [1] New Subpart 521-1: Compliance Programs The adopted regulations represent substantial changes to 18 N.Y.C.R.R.
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