According to state officials, increased enforcement has helped the state of Texas recover more than $500 million in Medicaid fraud cases since 2007. David Morales, deputy first assistant attorney general, told Texas state senators earlier this week that the increase coincides with the expansion of the Texas Medicaid civil fraud division four years ago. State [...]
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, New Jersey has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department in lawsuits claiming that the hospital inflated its charges to Medicare patients in a fraudulent scheme to bill the federal health care program for larger reimbursements. The lawsuits centered on “outlier payments” – Medicare’s supplemental reimbursement to [...]
Trying to access government services can be daunting challenge, especially when you are in a position of real need. To make it easier to find and access the services and benefits you need, the U.S. government has recently launched a new telephone information service This special telephone service is designed to help U.S. citizens with [...]
