Fraud Prevention Initiative
Healthcare fraud and abuse affect everyone in the healthcare system and interfere with Medicare’s ability to serve future generations. To address this growing problem, the federal government continues to attempt to recover improper payments and prevent fraud. The federal government’s recovery of a record $4 billion last year from people who attempted to defraud seniors […]
RAC Audit Overview
Fraud and Abuse-False Claims Act in Healthcare
The False Claims Act, as we discussed in our prior post, encompasses any government spending program. Our focus will be on the FCA as it specifically relates to healthcare fraud and abuse. What is The False Claims Act? The FCA was amended again in 1993. Within that amendment, the Attorney General announced that pursuing health […]
Basics on the False Claims Act
Gain a general understanding of the False Claims Act and how it will impact healthcare fraud and abuse from a compliance standpoint.
The Cost of Healthcare Fraud and Abuse
USA Today Predicts Fraud Prosecutions to Rise by 85%
Kelly Kennedy a reporter for USA Today recently wrote a story about healthcare fraud and abuse, and shared a staggering statistic, according to government statistics “federal health care fraud prosecution in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85% over last year” To read the full article please click here Examples […]