Becker's Healthcare May 30, 2023
Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since May 9:
1. A Michigan vascular surgeon will serve 80 months in prison for submitting $19.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
2. A former New Hampshire physician pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud for his role in a $1.9 million Medicare fraud scheme.
3. An Ohio physician was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud and illegally prescribing controlled substances.
4. Former administrators at a New York City skilled-nursing facility will pay $3.46 million to settle allegations the facility switched residents’ insurance, often without their full consent, and paid kickbacks to a hospital...