Health Care Fraud Blog
Blog URL http://www.healthcarefraudblog.com/
Located Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
Tags Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Law, Medicaid, Medicare
Health Care Fraud Blog is a legal news source relating to health care fraud cases throughout the United States.
Latest Blog Posts
- FDA Targets Internet Pharmacy Websites on Nov 23, 2009 in Internet Pharmacy
The FDA recently moved to shut down internet pharmacy “affiliate” websites in the United States . The Ryan Haight Act, passed in 2008 was the first effort to define the lawful and unlawful practice of telemedicine with respect to controlled subs...
- South Florida Remains the Oxycontin Capital on Nov 23, 2009 in Pain Managment
The federal agents arrested 20 people for a Palm Beach operation that engaged in buying up oxycontin from Broward County pain clinics and pharmacies and shipping those drugs to Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina . The op...
- W Administration Ignored Warning About Organized Crime Committing Medicare Fraud on Nov 20, 2009 in Medicare Fraud
Federal officials in charge of preventing fraud in the billion-dollar Medicare program ignored dozens of warnings of criminal activity during the Bush administration, according to investigations by the Associated Press and U.S. Senator Charles Grassl...
- CMS Efforts To Use Software to Detect Fraud on Nov 17, 2009 in Health Care Fraud
CMS uses contractors to process claims, but also to use sophisticated software to detect fraud patterns and make referrals for claims denials, audits and criminal investigations. At one time the system was somewhat fragmented, given that there are di...
- President Establishes Interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force on Nov 17, 2009 in Anti-Fraud Enforcement
WASHINGTON (November 17, 2009) — Today President Barack Obama established by Executive Order an interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) to strengthen efforts to combat financial crime. According to a press release, the Departmen...
- FBI, OIG, HEAT How About SFO - “Serious Fraud Office?” on Nov 16, 2009 in Health Care Fraud
We have done posts on the various monikers given to task forces, including the most recent in healthcare fraud, HEAT (Healthcare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Team) and the agencies in involved in those investigations; the FBI (Federal Bureau of I...
- Are Large Corporations Treated Differently? Pfizer $2 Billion False Claims Act Settlement Is Its Second In Six Years on Nov 13, 2009 in Health Care Fraud
Often, we hear that white collar crime is treated differently than other types of crime. However, it is often who commits white collar crime that brings about different treatment. I had a client indicted for fraud related to a DME. Monthly, he wou...
