tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2021 Issue Q3

Industry Notes: Be on the Lookout for Faux COVID-19 Vaccination Cards

Warning: Feds target counterfeiters in new enforcement. With vaccination mandates on the rise for hospital systems and healthcare workers nationwide, tales of forged COVID vaccination cards are growing. Background: Fraudsters are selling fake cards on a variety of social media sites and “the dark web,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “While we do not have definitive numbers, we are seeing more of these types of schemes recently,” a Justice Department spokesman told the Journal. What’s to keep bad-apple healthcare providers from issuing counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards to the vaccine-hesitant? Hopefully the feds. Case in...

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