Compliance & Legal
Legal documents filed with the state last week from the patient's attorney allege her neurosurgeon operated unnecessarily on the tumor.
Andover Subacute and Rehab Center Services Two billed Medicaid for services that did not meet federal care standards, DOJ said.
The Justice Department has also accused giant insurer UnitedHealth Group of overcharging the federal government by more than $1 billion by improperly jacking up risk scores over the course of a decade.
Even though it didn't identify any actual misuse of the information, Beacon is offering affected patients access to free identity monitoring.
Its affiliated home care agency had submitted claim forms on which an employee had essentially cut-and-pasted the required physician signatures.
State's Department of Medical Assistance Services didn't meet federal security requirements, which could have compromised the integrity of system.
Settlement stems from 2014 OCR complaint that staff member from Spencer Cox Center disclosed a patient's protected health information.
Fake visiting physician's practice actually involved patient marketers using paid "patients" to get prescriptions for controlled substances.
Status update on court case over cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers was Monday, May 22.
Settlement resolves allegations the providers submitted fraudulent Medicare claims for chemotherapy services through illegal referrals, DOJ says.