Alabama Ambulance Provider Settles Case Involving False Claims On June 28, 2019, Samaritan EMS, Inc. (Samaritan), Union Grove, Alabama, entered into a $942,373.67 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves [...]
Santa Monica, California based Oceanside MedicalGroup did not comply with Medicare necessities when charging for psychotherapy services, in keeping with a report from Health and Human Service's OIG. The Office [...]
Physicians ought to review the direct monetary impact as several of the managed care contracts can pay these auxiliary services at the CMS RVU rates. the great news is they [...]
A Greensboro-based medical transport company was sentenced in court for health care fraud after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud in October 2018, according to US Attorney [...]
Beaver Medical Group L.P. (BMG) and a doctor who works for it, Dr. Sherif Khalil, have agreed to pay a little over the amount of $5 million to resolve accusations [...]
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) issued a projected rule that has proposals to update payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services equipped beneath [...]
One of the most important perks to getting into the medical coding and billing field is the chance of employment from the comfort of home. Billers and coders are ready [...]
In court in Central Islip, Hal Abrahamson, a foot doctor with offices in Plainview, Long Island, and Rego Park, Queens, was sentenced by US District judge Denis R. Hurley to [...]
Separately asking routine evaluation and management (E/M) services provided on a similar day as another procedure is usually denied by Medicare. Care providers might typically individually bill E/M services if [...]
An indictment unsealed July ten charges Vasso Godiali, MD, with orchestrating a $60 million care fraud scheme and lavation payoff from the scheme, per the Department of Justice. Dr. Godiali, [...]
