tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2022 Issue Q1

Fraud And Abuse: Enforcement Ramps Up Against COVID Fraudsters

Expect PRF violations to remain under the OIG microscope through 2022. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has doled out billions in Provider Relief Funds (PRF) since the program’s inception to assist healthcare providers battling COVID-19. Now, the feds are investigating — and prosecuting — providers for COVID relief fund fraud. Latest example: Amina Abbas, owner of 1 on 1 Home Health in LaPorte, Indiana, closed the home health agency in early 2020. But she held onto about $37,657 in HHS Provider Relief Fund payments. Abbas admitted she stole the funds by issuing checks to...

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