Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Notes

Physician Kickbacks Lead to Jail Time The feds continue to crack down on home care and hospice fraud, with kickbacks often serving as a main component of the schemes. In Detroit: Zafar Mehmood has been convicted of Medicare fraud and related charges, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a recent news release. From 2006 through 2011, Mehmood and Badar [...]
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