August 30, 2017
Evanston Insurance Company tries to avoid indemnity for South Carolina Nursing Home employing fake physican. #QualityFraud Evanston-Summary-Judgment-Order.pd
August 18, 2017
I’ve blogged about this before. When healthcare programs get cut or are not funded by the Governor, kids usually pay. Pediatricians: Florida Children Robbed of Healthcare
August 17, 2017
Few Outcome Measures Meet Criteria for Assessing Accuracy and Validity, According to Two Joint Commission Executives I blog about deaths from negligence and medical error being under reported. I also blog about Joint Commission procedures and the secrecy of peer review proceedings. Maybe the authorities are beginning to come around to my way of thinking.
August 9, 2017
I post about criminal prosecutions for health care fraud here. By way of background, this is the DOJ web page describing how those prosecutions work.
August 8, 2017
Palm Harbor, Florida Doctor’s Quality Fraud gets him six years in prison from DOJ #QualityFraud
August 7, 2017
Pharma Bro guilty on three counts of #QualityFraud And his sentence may be worse than others
Local Quality Fraud in Healthcare Drives Up Costs: Help Us Eradicate it
From DOJ as reported in the Fort Myers News Press (A Gannet paper) “Today’s settlement demonstrates our unwavering commitment to protect the Medicare trust fund against unscrupulous providers,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Providers who waste taxpayer dollars by billing for unnecessary services will […]
July 31, 2017
We are litigating a class action case against 21st Century Oncology, a local healthcare conglomerate who just filed for bankruptcy protection after settling a case with DOJ for almost $20M in fraudulent charges. #QualityFraud
July 19, 2017
Despite tax breaks for R&D, Big Pharma spends more money pumping up stock value with buybacks than they spend on research and development. Drug Prices Are Not Based on R&D
July 17, 2017
Quality Fraud and the Opioid Epidemic DOJ Arrests 400 in $1.3B Opioid Fraud