Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against covid-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 182,874 wasted doses as of late March, three months into the country’s effort to vaccinate the masses…
Investors who own large shares of nursing home companies now are demanding that the operators improve staff working conditions and the quality of care.
Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung disease caused by the asbestos that’s polluted the small town of Libby, Montana, for decades. Jeff Denny’s lungs are damaged from the asbestos he…
A Humana Inc. health plan for seniors in Florida improperly collected nearly $200 million in 2015 by overstating how sick some patients were, according to a new federal audit, which seeks to claw back the money. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s recommendation to repay, if finalized, would be “by far the largest” audit…
The New York Times article “A Single Ohio Hospital Reveals All That’s Wrong With American Health Care” begs the question – how can citizens of the richest nation in history allow loved ones to die because we can’t afford lifesaving medication, like insulin, while C.E.O.’s of for-profit hospitals earn millions per year? Again, we take…
Yes, the quote is the opening of A Tale of Two Cities. On the one hand, the healthcare fraud Subject Matter Experts are enjoying the small wins; while on the other hand, the new to healthcare fraud interns are struggling to understand the yoke of healthcare fraud. We have been doing healthcare fraud so long that…
With social media being as prevalent as it is, we often forget that our lives are open books. Everyone has a footprint. Public databases are for the scouring.
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As states begin to open and expand the availability of the various COVID vaccines, there still remains the fact that the rollout is based on a variety of factors, which can include certain medical morbidities and comorbidities. From our discussions with people, it appears that the general proof requirements for getting an appointment are wide…
The past few weeks have shown that fraud is committed without a thought, even by those that are empowered to protect us. A recently retired police officer from a suburban New Jersey town was involved in a compounding scheme that landed him squarely in the forefront of the environment he worked within. Compounding fraud schemes…