tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 4

Fraud And Abuse: Feds Send Message with Huge Punishments — It's Payback Time

Hefty fines and long prison sentences epitomize 2018 settlements. The federal government has been cutting back on regulations over the past year. But if you think that means the enforcement agencies are easing up, you're in for a surprise. Million-dollar settlements that bring jail time dot the 2018 roster of cases - and it's only February. Fraud and Upcoding Net MD 13 Years in Prison, Millions in Returns The DOJ points to greed as the primary factor that led New York-based surgeon, Syed Imran Ahmed, MD, to commit healthcare fraud, filing millions in fraudulent claims and then lying about...

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