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Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a significant ...
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, operating under the Criminal Justice Division, is a federally and state funded unit that is charged with conducting criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions of provider fraud against the Medicaid Program, fraud in the administration of the Medicaid Program, and abuse and neglect of Medicaid ...
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 following is a list of the 20 largest settlements reached between the United States Department of Justice and pharmaceutical companies from 2001 to 2013, ordered by the size of the total settlement. The settlement amount includes both the civil (False Claims Act) settlement and criminal fine.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. There were over 79 million Americans enrolled in the program as of October ...
Health care fraud includes "snake oil" marketing, 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 ...
Five states and the District of Columbia begin phasing in the expansion early during 2010 and 2011. June 2012. The Supreme Court rules, 7-2, that states may opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion without losing previous federal funding.