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NewsReport: Widespread HIT could save $261B over 10 years
The stimulus-fueled expansion of health IT could save as much as $261 billion over the next 10 years and help form the basis of an interoperable, patient-centered health system that could yield more Read more...
CMS to fight Medicare, Medicaid fraud with high-tech 'bounty hunters'
Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost American taxpayers some $54 billion last year. (We've long believed that Medicare fraud is the unofficial state sport of Florida.) CMS has tried many approaches to Read more...
CMS looks to EHR data to combat waste and fraud
CMS is looking at EHR reporting as a way to help the embattled agency weed out payment inefficiencies and combat rampant Medicare and Medicaid fraud. "We hope to be able to use data available through Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Up to $850B of healthcare spending is wasteful
A new analysis by Thomson Reuters concludes that administrative inefficiency, needless treatment, medical mistakes and fraud account for $600 billion to $850 billion in unnecessary healthcare Read more...
Report: Medical identity theft increasing
As more patients' medical information is put online, the prospect of medical identity theft is becoming more common. In 2007, which is the last time data was collected, more than 250,000 Americans Read more...
Johns Hopkins investigating identity theft incident
Authorities are investigating the theft of patient information from Johns Hopkins Hospital, possibly by a former employee. The theft appears to have been part of a scheme to make fraudulent Virginia Read more...
| Press ReleasesFormer New York City Hospital Purchasing Official Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud ConspiraciesFor Immediate Release December 2, 2010
U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs(202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888
WASHINGTON—A former purchasing official at Mount Sinai Medical Read more >> LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FILES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HEALTH INSURERS FOR DEFRAUDING CONSUMERSSuite 800, City Hall EastLos Angeles, CA 90012Phone: 213-978-8340 Fax: 213-978-2093http://www.atty.lacity.org**PRESS RELEASE** WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010 LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Read more >> Five defendants indicted in fraudulent credit card scheme using information stolen from Johns Hopkins Hospital patient recordsFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885 September 30, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md Read more >> |
