The Health Law Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. Indest III, J.D.,

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Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 24, 2024

The Importance of Payment Integrity Payment integrity is crucial for health plans to control costs, reduce fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), and ensure the accuracy of healthcare payments. billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements. billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Most private insurers and Medicaid cover telebehavioral health care, but check for reimbursement restrictions and obtain professional coding and billing guidance to avoid overpayment situations. Not all forms of technology are recognized as services which can be reimbursed by health insurance.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Fraud, waste, & abuse. Even more significant for CMS, is that for the first time in improper payment reporting history, we have achieved improper payment rate reductions across the board in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Jeremy.Booth@c…. Fri, 11/16/2018 - 18:46. Seema Verma. Leadership.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2022

For example: Had the health insurance industry been allowed to continue operating as it did prior to HIPAA, tens of millions of Americans would be excluded from health plan benefits. Had the momentum to improve health care not been given a kickstart by HIPAA, subsequent health care initiatives may never have happened.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

spoiler bid for home health care company Thousands of Minnesotans at risk of losing health insurance get a one-month reprieve MISSISSIPPI $5.3M for stroke and kidney treatment Optum wins $3.2B

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

Cedars Leads Latest Round Of Funding In Yolo County, 16,000 Medi-Cal patients lose doctors in Dignity Health dispute with Partnership HealthPlan Kaiser med school names CEO Kaiser Permanente launches food-is-medicine hub Kaiser, Vizient target healthcare greenhouse gas emissions L.A. Can lawmakers do anything about it?

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Hall Render

APRIL 26, 2024

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually UC San Diego Health operations deal with California hospital slows to crawl Kaiser reports data breach affecting 13.4M health dept. processed 1.5

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

California physician convicted of healthcare fraud, kickbacks California’s healthcare minimum wage boost to cost $4B City Council upholds approval of Hollywood Presbyterian medical offices at 1321 N. Will it survive the next few years?

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2022

The New 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Off To A Busy Start In Hawaii. Luke’s is joining the health insurance business. Judge Halts Part of Idaho’s Abortion Ban, Saying It Violates Health Law. Idaho Business for Education releases report on health care worker shortage in Idaho. CHS faces class-action fraud suit.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M family sues hospital over life-altering injuries Calif.

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Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

Trinity: How the 3 largest nonprofit systems’ finances compare BAMF, Corewell Health partner on clinical trial for advanced cancer treatment Doctor files whistleblower lawsuit against DMC after patient becomes quadriplegic Lakeshore outpatient surgery center completes $9.3M

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