Compliance Hotline Archives – October 28, 2002
October 28, 2002
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Government says number of qui tam relators is ebbing
Make no mistake, the False Claims Act still is the 800-pound gorilla of health care anti-fraud efforts. Judgements and settlements in health care fraud cases exceeded $1.2 billion in 2001 and amount to more than $850 million so far this year. -
CMS targets nursing home quality
Nursing home enforcement remains an enormous issue, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Tom Scully warned health care providers earlier this month. -
Six keys to successful investigative interviews
Internal compliance investigations often begin with interviews. In this case, the first step may be the most difficult component of an internal investigation strategy to master, warns Steven Ortquist, chief compliance officer at Banner Health System in Phoenix. -
DOJ settles seven cardiac qui tam suits
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Oct. 17 that it settled for a total of more than $5.4 million with seven hospitals alleged to have improperly billed Medicare for medical procedures involving experimental cardiac devices, bringing to more than $40 million the total settlements collected in the nationwide cardiac devices false-claims litigation.