Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Note:

OIG Uncovers Medicare Fraud Ring

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) continues to radar in on Medicare referral fraud that is so prevalent in the healthcare industry today. A New York physician, Bret Ostrager, 51, of Woodbury, New York, a doctor with practices in Nassau County, was found guilty of taking bribes for referring patients to a diagnostic lab — Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC [...]
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