U.S. Targets Health-Care Fraud, Abuse
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Law enforcement authorities are stepping up an attack on health-care fraud that they say costs taxpayers more than $60 billion each year.
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German health services lose up to 20 million euros (25.8 billion dollars) every year through fraud and corruption, a respected global watchdog said in a report.
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The American Medical Association said  on Monday it will ask state and federal health authorities to  investigate retail health clinics such as those offered in  CVS/Caremark stores , Wal-Mart Stores  and  Walgreen Co.  for possible conflicts of interest.
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A health-care worker at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance has been sentenced to serve 16 months in prison for stealing the identity of a cancer patient, and subsequently running up credit card bills in his name.
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A blistering audit claims the state&#39;s Medicaid system is in such disarray that 1.4 million pills are missing, thousands of people who are dead or lack Social Security numbers are getting millions of dollars in benefits and abuse of mental patients may be
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo  said on Wednesday he is conducting an industry-wide probe of  health insurers into an alleged scheme to defraud consumers by  manipulating reimbursement rates.
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Fraud in the $300 billion-a-year Medicaid program is widespread and the federal government is not doing enough to combat it, congressional investigators said in a report released on Wednesday.
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The U.S. Justice Department is  investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that  some health care providers bilked government programs including  Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Investigators say computer security flaws could lead to the disclosure of medical information on people enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Federal health officials said they were investigating dozens of blood infections in at least two states that have been linked to contaminated medical syringes.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo  said on Wednesday he is conducting an industry- wide probe of  health insurers into an alleged scheme to defraud consumers by  manipulating reimbursement rates.
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The world&#39;s largest insurer by market value is the target of a criminal investigation by the US Justice Department. American International (AIG) is accused of helping a banking client commit fraud and keep
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CHICAGO -- Four doctors indicted on federal charges of swindling insurance companies out of more than $1.5 million are accused of using unqualified people to prepare hundreds of allergy shots, and of giving them to patients under unsanitary conditions.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be a vigilant industry watchdog that prevents harmful products from reaching America&#39;s kitchen tables and medicine chests.
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Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is calling on doctors and pharmacists to stop the &quot;unethical practice&quot; of selling prescription drugs to Americans.
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Providers of medical equipment in two hotbeds of Medicare fraud &#151; Los Angeles and South Florida &#151; will have to reapply to do business with the government and undergo inspections, officials said Monday.
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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that some health care providers bilked government programs including Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.