Syracuse Area Medical Practice Improperly Billed for Moderate Sedation Services

New York Spine and Wellness Center (under the umbrella of New York Anesthesiology Medical Specialties, P.C.) agreed today to pay $1,941,850.29 to resolve allegations that it improperly billed for moderate [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:19:00+00:00November 1st, 2017|

Under Michigan’s New Medicare RAC Regime, Physician Services Are the Initial Primary Target

An announcement came back in back in October 2016 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It announced that it had awarded to various entities the next round [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:19:08+00:00September 5th, 2017|

Civil Fraud Case Settlement from Fredericksburg Hospitalist Group amounts to $4.2 Million

Along with 14 of its member shareholders, Fredericksburg Hospitalist Group has agreed to pay nearly $4.2 million to settle a federal False Claims Act case brought under the qui tam [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:19:20+00:00September 1st, 2017|

Due to Improper Billing, Healey Returns $500,000 in Settlement With a Springfield Dentist

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced today a settlement with a pediatric dentist in Springfield. Healey's office returned $500,000 to MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, resolving claims that improper billing [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:19:43+00:00August 25th, 2017|

Hospital in Macon will pay $2.5 million to settle billing allegations

The Navicent Health Medical Center has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle federal allegations that it submitted bills for ambulance trips that were either medically unnecessary or inflated. The [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:19:55+00:00August 7th, 2017|

Medicare Advantage Organization and Former COO to Pay $32.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Freedom Health Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based provider of managed care services, and its related corporate entities (collectively “Freedom Health”), agreed to pay $31,695,593 to resolve allegations that they violated the [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:21:44+00:00June 2nd, 2017|