Ride along with Mark as he discusses the recent indictment of a slew of doctors and pharmacists for pushing millions of oxycodone pills.
Compliance
One Giant Leap Toward Success: Avoid One Simple Misstep for “Fraud-kind”
If you’re a physician, it’s all too likely that you’re uncertain about the future, feel the pressure of an all too real governmentally imposed ceiling on your income, and have even less control than ever over your time. It’s also likely that you seek a bigger and better future in which you have increased opportunities…
$2.6 Billion Collected by Feds From Compliance Cheats. ROI Makes Warren Buffett Look Like an Amateur. – Podcast
Listen to Mark discuss how a coordinated DHS and DOJ healthcare anti-fraud operation collected $2.6 Billion from 2015 to 2017.
Alchemist Can’t Turn Outpatients into Inpatients for Less Than $18.3 Million – Podcast
You know that I strongly believe that the future of hospitals isn’t hospitals, it’s outpatient facilities.
Allegations of Underpaid Debt Lands Big Healthcare Players in Whistleblower Hell – Medical Group Minute
When physicians think about allegations of kickbacks in the context of large insurers, it’s generally related to how a carrier’s internal “claims cops” have alleged that some physician or other provider engaged in a kickback…
Hospital Chain Paying More Than a Quarter BILLION Dollars to Resolve False Billing and Kickback Allegations
HMA will pay over $260 million to resolve fraud claims involving unnecessary admissions, kickbacks and inflated ER fees.
What You Need to Know About the High Cost of 15 Minutes of Fame, HIPAA Edition
Hey, we all like publicity, but “free” publicity that costs you close to $1 million isn’t free, is it?
Far Too “Friendly Physician” to Plead Guilty in $60 Million Healthcare Fraud. Will Murder Charges Follow?
In what’s being reported in the popular press as a $60 million healthcare fraud scheme, a Texas physician, Charles R. Leach, M.D., has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The feds charged 16 people in the overall scheme. Leach is the fourth defendant to plead guilty. The scheme…
Allegations of Underpaid Debt Lands Big Healthcare Players in Whistleblower Hell
A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Roche and Humana of using debt write-offs as kickbacks to keep diabetes products on formularies.
Clueless and Dangerous: “Your Medical Records Are Safe Because They’re Entered Into Our System” – Medical Group Minute
It’s 2:45. Do you know where your medical records are?