Month: October 2010

DENVER, COLORADO – Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. has agreed to pay $1 million to the federal government to settle civil charges, brought by Phillips & Cohen, related to the illegal export of...

Although the Medicare claims database is currently regarded as a “gold mine” for medical fraud investigators, most of the data remains unavailable to the public. The database contains electronic records...

Reporting and returning overpayments from government health care programs will be the most important Medicaid program integrity issue in 2011, according to New York State Medicaid Inspector General Jim...

The state of Kentucky has entered into a 3-year contract with Ingenix, a company that will use algorithms and other mathematical formulas to detect fraud and abuse in medical claims from Kentucky Medicaid...

Companies are finally starting to use compensation as a reward for compliance – rather than as a reward for improving the bottom line at any cost. BP just announced that it will base fourth quarter bonuses...

A new report from the Dept. of Health & Human Service’s Inspector General says that forty-four percent of medical schools are providing instruction to students on Medicare and Medicaid fraud...

The government’s prosecution of cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has resulted in record-shattering fines and criminal convictions of executives. And it seems as though its use will be...

A survey by Corporate Board Member of more than 400 board members reveals that they are not huge fans of the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. One...

A round of applause for Food and Drug Administration Deputy Chief for Litigation Eric Blumberg. He said yesterday at a conference in Washington that executives of pharma companies that promote off-label...

CHRISTUS Health, a Texas-based hospital chain, has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations that it committed Medicare fraud by falsely billing for unapproved medical costs and failing to...