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Nurse Practitioner Sentenced in Twelve Million Dollar Health Care …

(3 days ago) WebPROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner, who defrauded commercial health insurers and Medicare of nearly $12 million by devising …

https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/press-releases/nurse-practitioner-sentenced-twelve-million-dollar-health-care-fraud-scheme

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DOJ announces 78 people charged over $2.5 billion in false health …

(5 days ago) WebThe Justice Department on Wednesday announced a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 78 defendants in separate schemes …

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-announces-78-people-charged-nationwide-health-care/story?id=100447219

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Dozens in 16 States Charged With Health Care Fraud Schemes, …

(6 days ago) WebWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one …

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-06-28/dozens-in-16-states-charged-with-health-care-fraud-schemes-including-1-9b-in-bogus-claims

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Justice Department Charges Dozens for $1.2 Billion in Health Care …

(3 days ago) WebPrior to the charges announced as part of today’s nationwide enforcement action and since its inception in March 2007, the Health Care Fraud Strike Force, which …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-dozens-12-billion-health-care-fraud

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Office of Public Affairs National Health Care Fraud Enforcement

(8 days ago) WebThe Department of Justice announced today criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in 31 …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-enforcement-action-results-charges-involving-over-14-billion

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DOJ targets nationwide health care fraud scheme involving over …

(9 days ago) WebCNN —. The Justice Department announced a sweeping enforcement effort Wednesday aimed at health care, telemedicine and illegal prescription schemes totaling …

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/doj-health-care-fraud-scheme/index.html

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Justice Department charges 78 in multibillion-dollar health care …

(Just Now) WebThe Justice Department announced charges against 78 people related to health care fraud schemes. Federal and state law enforcement offices brought criminal …

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184795720/78-people-face-charges-for-2-5-billion-in-attempted-health-care-fraud-doj-says

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How Insurers Exploited Medicare Advantage for …

(3 days ago) WebReed Abelson covers the business of health care, focusing on health insurance and how financial incentives affect the delivery of medical care. She has been a reporter for The Times since 1995.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upshot/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html

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US announces charges in $2.5 billion healthcare fraud takedown

(9 days ago) WebThe U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced federal and local criminal charges targeting 78 defendants across 16 states as part of a law enforcement …

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-announces-charges-25-billion-healthcare-fraud-takedown-2023-06-28/

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Feds charge 138 medical professionals with $1.4B in …

(Just Now) WebThe Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against 42 doctors and nurses and nearly 100 other medical professionals for alleged healthcare fraud schemes that cost $1.4 billion i

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/feds-charge-138-medical-professionals-including-doctors-1-4b-telehealth-fraud-case

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DOJ charges 14 people in alleged Covid-related health-care fraud

(7 days ago) WebFederal prosecutors have charged 14 people — including a medical doctor and owners of laboratories, pharmacies and a home health agency — in multiple Covid …

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/doj-charges-14-people-in-alleged-health-care-fraud-related-to-covid-19.html

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DOJ charges 138 - CNBC

(2 days ago) WebFeds charge 138, including doctors, with $1.4 billion in health-care fraud involving telemedicine, Covid, opioids. The Department of Justice announced criminal …

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/doj-charges-138-with-health-care-fraud-including-opioids-covid-telemedicine.html

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Federal and State Agencies Crack Down on Health Care Fraud

(7 days ago) WebA recent 2-week effort resulted in charges against 78 defendants who allegedly submitted $2.5 billion worth of fraudulent health care bills to federal programs, primarily those …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2807424

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Dozens in 16 states charged with health care fraud schemes, …

(1 days ago) WebWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one …

https://apnews.com/article/health-care-fraud-investigation-leg-braces-amputees-9883f45b2f22892331b7a6f7121811fb

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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged in $61.5 Million Medicare Fraud …

(8 days ago) WebThe Fraud Section leads the Criminal Division’s efforts to combat health care fraud through the Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program. Since March 2007, this …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twenty-three-individuals-charged-615-million-medicare-fraud-schemes

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Elizabeth Holmes is found guilty of four counts of fraud.

(4 days ago) WebJan. 3, 2022. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of four of 11 charges of fraud on Monday, in a case …

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/elizabeth-holmes-guilty.html

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Virginia Doctor Gets 59 Years for Unneeded Surgery and Improper

(2 days ago) WebIn November 2020, a federal jury also convicted the doctor, Javaid Perwaiz, of Chesapeake, of 52 counts of health care fraud and false statements for procedures …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/us/javaid-perwaiz-hysterectomies-sentenced.html

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UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of …

(4 days ago) WebThe intrusion at its Change Healthcare unit, which processes about 50% of U.S. medical claims, was one of the worst hacks to hit American healthcare and caused …

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/unitedhealth-says-hack-could-impact-data-substantial-proportion-americans-2024-04-22/

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UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on …

(6 days ago) WebThe health tech giant processes 15 billion health transactions a year, and handles health information for about half of all Americans.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/

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2022 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

(6 days ago) Web36 defendants in 13 U.S. federal districts were charged for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes that exploited the growing …

https://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/media-materials/2022-national-health-care-fraud-enforcement-action/

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UnitedHealth paid ransom in Change Healthcare cyberattack, says …

(3 days ago) WebChange Healthcare offers payment and revenue cycle management tools. The company facilitates more than 15 billion transactions annually, and 1 in every 3 patient …

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/change-healthcare-ransom-cyberattack-patient-data-rcna148959

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Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers

(Just Now) WebChange Healthcare's payment may represent only a small drop in that bucket, but it both rewards AlphV for its highly damaging attacks and may suggest to other …

https://www.wired.com/story/change-healthcare-admits-it-paid-ransomware-hackers/

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UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare cyberattack cost it $872 …

(8 days ago) WebThe $872 million includes "the Change Healthcare business disruption impacts and exclude the cyberattack direct response costs," which likely excludes any …

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-cyberattack-change-healthcare-hack-ransomware/

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Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Conceptualization and

(3 days ago) WebConclusions. The proposed framework and the initial prototype have the potential to improve the health care claims process by using blockchain technology for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7516680/

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Medical Office Receptionist Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Credit …

(3 days ago) WebU.S. Attorney Fishman reorganized the health care fraud practice at the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office shortly after taking office, including creating a stand …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/medical-office-receptionist-pleads-guilty-embezzlement-credit-card-fraud-and-tax-evasion

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Health care fraud: Ex-Bergen jail guard admits participating in …

(5 days ago) Web0:00. 0:43. A former Bergen County corrections officer admitted in federal court Wednesday to participating in a complex scheme to defraud the county health …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2021/04/21/bergen-county-corrections-officer-admits-defrauding-county-healthcare-system/7325076002/

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The Change Healthcare cyberattack is a 'catastrophe' for American

(Just Now) WebSeventy-four percent of hospitals reported in March direct impacts to patient care as a result of the cyberattack, and 94% said they felt financial impacts. And the …

https://fortune.com/2024/04/23/change-healthcare-cyberattack-unitedhealth-hack-ransomware/

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Suit says Life Source Services fraudulently sent patients to hospice

(8 days ago) Web0:04. 1:26. An Oradell-based hospice company allegedly defrauded the federal and state governments by putting nursing home residents who weren’t dying into …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2023/01/03/nurse-alleges-life-source-services-oradell-sent-patients-to-hospice-for-profit/69767967007/

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Medical Equipment Suppliers Convicted of Health Care Fraud

(6 days ago) WebThe Fraud Section leads the Criminal Division’s efforts to combat health care fraud through the Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program. Since March 2007, this …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/medical-equipment-suppliers-convicted-health-care-fraud

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Hackers Broke Into Change Healthcare’s Systems Days Before …

(7 days ago) WebThe hackers who attacked UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit were in the company’s networks for more than a week before they launched a ransomware …

https://www.wsj.com/articles/change-healthcare-hackers-broke-in-nine-days-before-ransomware-attack-7119fdc6

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UnitedHealth says ransom was paid in Change Healthcare hack

(1 days ago) WebUnitedHealth Group Inc. says a ransom was paid in the February cyberattack against the company that has disrupted payments throughout the US healthcare system.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/change-healthcare-update-unitedhealth-ransom

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Leader Of $50 Million Health Care Fraud Pleads Guilty

(6 days ago) WebPATEL, 44, of Pelham Manor, New York, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/leader-50-million-health-care-fraud-pleads-guilty

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