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Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
Health care fraud includes health insurance fraud, drug fraud, and medical fraud. Health insurance fraud occurs when a company or an individual defrauds an insurer or government health care program, such as Medicare (United States) or equivalent State programs. The manner in which this is done varies, and persons engaging in fraud are always ...
A Manalapan couple has been accused of Medicaid fraud and cheating tax authorities out of more than $750,000 by failing to report nearly $4.5 million in income over five years, authorities said.
Conflicting information, computer systems not working, denials before verification and more problems come to the surface from whistleblowers, advocacy groups.
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...
Aug. 28—Three principals of Phinaliz Communications LLC, a company based in Otsego County, were arrested Thursday, Aug. 24 in connection with a long-running scheme to steal more than $1 million ...
The False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733, also called the "Lincoln Law") is an American federal law that was passed on March 2, 1863 during the American Civil War, that allows people who are not affiliated with the government to file actions against federal contractors claiming fraud against the government. The law represented an effort ...
Aug. 25—A Pembroke woman has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $16,000 from the Medicaid program by filing fraudulent claims. A Merrimack County Grand Jury ...