HHS Enlists Senior Citizens As Medicare Fraud Busters
WASHINGTON--The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new program to reward citizens who alert Medicare to acts of fraud and abuse. The Incentive Program for Fraud and Abuse Information, starting in January 1999, will pay 10% of a recovered overpayment up to a maximum of $1,000.
WASHINGTON--The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new program to reward citizens who alert Medicare to acts of fraud and abuse. The Incentive Program for Fraud and Abuse Information, starting in January 1999, will pay 10% of a recovered overpayment up to a maximum of $1,000.
Among the things Medicare hopes beneficiaries will report are: being billed for services they never received; double billing for the same procedure; being billed for a more expensive procedure than that provided; receiving a bill for a medically unnecessary procedure; providers who use Medicare numbers that they obtained through deception; and telemarketing scams.
Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go: Cancer Care Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 28th 2020The newest episode of Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go speaks with 2 authors of an article from the October Issue of the journal ONCOLOGY focusing on effective cancer care management during the coronavirus pandemic.
