OIG Exclusions & Sanctions Listing Updated for June
HCAF has posted the latest exclusion and reinstatements that were released by CMS’ Office of the Investigator General (OIG) on June 11, 2013. The list includes physicians and other provider types in...
View ArticleAdvocates Urge More Government Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care
By Jenni Bergal, Kaiser Health News When the federal government recently gave Florida the green light to vastly expand its experiment with privatizing Medicaid, patient advocates quickly raised an...
View ArticleOIG Exclusions & Sanctions Listing Updated for July
HCAF has posted the latest exclusion and reinstatements that were released by CMS’ Office of the Investigator General (OIG) on July 10, 2013. The list includes physicians and other provider types in...
View ArticleU.S. Intervenes in False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Fla. Home Health Care...
The government has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against A Plus Home Health Care, Inc., a home health care company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and its owner, Tracy Nemerofsky, the Justice...
View ArticleCMS Imposes First Affordable Care Act Enrollment Moratoria to Combat Fraud
Building on strong anti-fraud efforts already underway, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today announced temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new home...
View ArticleOIG Exclusions & Sanctions Listing Updated for August
HCAF has posted the latest exclusion and reinstatements that were released by CMS’ Office of the Investigator General (OIG) on August 8, 2013. The list includes physicians and other provider types in...
View ArticleHealth Care Clinic Owners Plead Guilty in Miami for Roles in $8 Million...
Two health care clinic owners pleaded guilty today in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving the now-defunct home health care company Flores Home Health Care Inc. Acting...
View ArticleOIG Criticizes CMS’ Oversight of Recovery Audit Contractors
The Office of Inspection General (OIG) recently issued a report that addresses flaws in CMS’ oversight of recovery audit contractors (RACs). Specifically, the report concluded that RACs are not...
View ArticleOwner Of Home Health Care Company Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For...
Defendant Also Ordered to Pay More Than $25 Million in Restitution Cyprian Akamnonu, 64, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to the statutory maximum...
View ArticleFlorida Owner of Home Health Care Company Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in...
HCAF strongly condemns healthcare fraud and supports the removal of bad actors from the home health industry. A co-owner of Professional Medical Home Health LLC was sentenced today to serve 70 months...
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