In March of this year, The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a letter addressing the recent cybersecurity incident impacting many health care entities, primarily Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealthcare Group (read the letter here). This incident was a great reminder of the constant vigilance required
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Penn State Health Agrees To Pay Over $11 Million Due To Violations Of Medicare Rules & Regulations
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Penn State Health has agreed to pay $11,712,336 to settle allegations of civil liability from submitting improper claims to Medicare for Annual Wellness Visit services.
Penn State Health has voluntarily disclosed that between December 2015 and November 2022 claims were submitted to Medicare for Annual Wellness Visit services that were not…
FTC Sues Anesthesiology Provider and PE Firm Over Anticompetitive “Roll Up” Scheme
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As Mike Cassidy and Adam Appleberry discussed during their presentation at PBI’s A Day in Health Law earlier this month, private equity’s involvement in healthcare will be an interesting item to watch over the next few years. Just last week, the FTC sued the U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. and their private equity backer Welsh, Carson…