Becker's Healthcare September 20, 2024
From Walgreens agreeing to pay more than $100 million to settle false claims allegations, to a physician indicted in an alleged $32.7 million Medicare scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since Sept. 10:
1. A Louisiana physician was indicted for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $32.7 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services.
2. CVS subsidiary Oak Street Health agreed to pay $60 million to settle accusations that it violated the False Claims Act by offering kickbacks to third-party insurance agents in return for referring older adults to its primary care clinics.
3. The managers of a Matteson, Ill.-based youth counseling center...
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