by Marihelen Gallagher | Nov 11, 2022 | Fighting Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Infographic, Media, Medicare Fraud Alerts, Medicare News, Scam Alert
Have you been getting unsolicited calls from companies trying to sell Medicare plans? This is a marketing violation. To learn more, click here.
by Marihelen Gallagher | Oct 5, 2022 | Article, Fighting Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Identity Theft, Medicare Fraud Alerts, Medicare Legal Action, Medicare News
Thomas G. O’Lear, 58, of North Canton, Ohio, was sentenced September 29, 2022, to 15 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,989,490 in restitution to Medicare, Medicaid and two Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. O’Lear was the President of Portable Radiology...
by Jenni Espay | Jul 21, 2022 | Article, Fighting Fraud, healthcare, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare Fraud Alerts, Medicare News, Scam Alert
The Office of Inspector General has conducted dozens of investigations of fraud schemes involving companies that pretended to provide telehealth, telemedicine, or telemarketing services and exploited the growing acceptance and use of telehealth. In some of these fraud...
by Jenni Espay | Jun 16, 2022 | Fighting Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Infographic, Medicare Fraud Alerts, Scam Alert
June’s focus is on understanding how the Medicare hospice care benefit works, learning how to elect the hospice benefit and begin receiving care, learning how to end the hospice benefit if you would like to receive curative treatment, and knowing how to prevent,...
by Jenni Espay | Apr 21, 2022 | Broadcast, Fighting Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Identity Theft, Infographic, Media, Medicare Fraud Alerts, Medicare News, Scam Alert, Social Security
Did you miss the Consumer Protection Fraud Prevention Forum? If you missed the Consumer Protection Fraud Forum in March, a recording of the program will air on WMKV 89.3 FM & WLHS 89.9 FM at 2pm on Thursday, April 28 – click on LISTEN NOW. Our panel of experts...
by Jenni Espay | Apr 6, 2022 | Article, Broadcast, Fighting Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Infographic, Medicare Fraud Alerts, Medicare News, Scam Alert
The Surge in Telemedicine Fraud During the Pandemic NBC News was given an exclusive look into the Department of Justice headquarters as a strike force investigates telemedicine fraud growing to new levels. Telemedicine has made health care more accessible during the...
