Everyone is aware of identity theft these days. But did you know that one of the simplest ways for theves to get your private identifying information is through your health providers? The US government is pushing the use of electronic patient data systems. However, they are filled with problems – technology incompatability, contant need to… [Read more…]
May 9, 2011
CALIFORNIA: Prime Health Services, which operates a chain of hospitals in California, is under investigation for making false diagnosis claims for Medicare patients, claiming they had life-threatening sespis infections when, in fact, many of them did not. A federal probe of Prime’s patient records has been underway for about a year; it is possible Prime… [Read more…]
April 16, 2011
CALIFORNIA: The state of California has charged Sutter Health with fraudulently billing insurers millions of dollars for anesthesia services that were never provided. Many companies with a financial stake in this report are join the lawsuit which was brought about after a whistlesblower report that triggered an audit. Thanks to Erin Alday of the SF… [Read more…]
March 6, 2012
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