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Quest Diagnostics set a record in April 2009 when it paid $302 million to the government to settle a Medicare fraud case alleging the company sold faulty medical testing kits. It was the largest qui tam (whistleblower) settlement paid by a medical lab for manufacturing and distributing a faulty product. [51]
Medical billing, a payment process in the United States healthcare system, is the process of reviewing a patient's medical records and using information about their diagnoses and procedures to determine which services are billable and to whom they are billed.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
Medical debt for older Americans with health insurance is on the rise. New research published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Office for Older Americans finds that while most ...
Some Americans have seen success when negotiating for a lower medical bills. Medical billing offices might be willing to offer a discount to collect an immediate payment.
ACA International is a trade group located in the United States representing debt collection agencies, creditors, debt buyers, collection attorneys, and debt collection industry service providers. ACA International is based in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. with members located throughout the U.S. and more than 25 other countries. The ...
After first-time parents welcomed their daughter in Kansas, the bill for her birth in February 2019 was no bundle of joy. They were charged $270,951, including more than $207,000 for a NICU stay ...
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 ...