tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 17

INDUSTRY NOTES: Medicare's Strike Force Comes Down Hard on Dozens of Shady Providers

Plus: HHS no longer provides oversight of HIPAA -- you'll instead look to the Office of Civil Rights for guidance on this rule. Medicare's fraud enforcers are definitely on the move and aren't showing any mercy to offenders. In its latest sweep, 32 people have been indicted on fraud charges related to so-called "arthritis kits," power wheelchairs, and enteral nutrition products, according to a release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Authorities made arrests in Houston, New York, Boston, and Louisiana as part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), a joint initiative...

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