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Report COVID-19 FraudWhat's New
- July 15, 2020
- Updated: Work Plan
- Hospitals Overbilled Medicare $1 Billion by Incorrectly Assigning Severe Malnutrition Diagnosis Codes to Inpatient Hospital Claims A-03-17-00010
- Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements
- July 14, 2020
- Medicaid Data Can Be Used To Identify Instances of Potential Child Abuse or Neglect A-01-19-00001
- July 13, 2020
- Texas Did Not Fully Comply With Federal and State Requirements for Reporting and Monitoring Critical Incidents Involving Medicaid Beneficiaries With Developmental Disabilities A-06-17-04003
- July 10, 2020
- LEIE Database Updated with June 2020 Exclusions and Reinstatements
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Enforcement Actions
- July 14, 2020; U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
- Tulare County Man Indicted for Falsely Marketing Herbal Mixtures as FDA-Approved Treatment for COVID-19
- July 14, 2020; U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia
- Durable medical equipment company owner admits participation in kickback scheme: Defendant is one of 26 charged in telemedicine fraud in Southern District
- July 13, 2020; U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
- 27 Skilled Nursing Facilities Controlled by Longwood Management Corp. to Pay $16.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflated Medicare Bills
- July 11, 2020; U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee
- Associated Pain Specialists, P.C. Of Knoxville Enters Into Settlement Resolving False Claims Act Allegations
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