A former Fresno sleep clinic owner was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for fraudulently billing Medicare and Medi-Cal for thousands of sleep studies that were never performed on patients.
Kevin Rumph Jr. used his government-issued purchase card to make unauthorized purchases of CPAP supplies from a supplier in Alabama.
A RAC Monitor article includes four key points for providers to understand aboutSupplemental Medical Review Contractors in the year ahead. Outpatient procedures and ancillary testing often are overlooked by other contractors,...
Read MoreAccording to a CBS 46 news report, a DeKalb County jury awarded a metro Atlanta mother $20 million after her son died during a sleep study at Emory University.
Read MoreIn the lawsuits, brought by two former doctors at Northwest Permanente, Dr Jeffrey Weisz, the former executive medical director, is named as a defendant, reports The Lund Report. Breaden joined Kaiser as an internist in 2000,...
Read MoreThe Sydney Morning Herald reports that sleep specialists in Australia are concerned patients visiting sleep clinics are being wrongly diagnosed for financial gain.
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A judge said he did not think the ex-UC Berkeley doctor would re-offend and agreed with the...
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The problem may arise when or how we communicate that PAP therapy equipment, both masks and pressurized air, can trigger claustrophobia or panic attacks under a specific set of circumstances.
Read MoreJahi McMath’s family is suing the surgeon and hospital who performed a tonsillectomy to cure her sleep apnea, Reuters reports. The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court by McMath’s mother, stepfather and...
Read MoreWhistleblower Donna Nichols will receive 20% of nearly $300,000 repaid to taxpayers in the US government’s settlement of fraud claims against a Florida sleep-disorder clinic. The clinic was accused of pretending to...
Read MoreFollowing on the heels of the US settling false claim allegations against a Florida sleep clinic, consumer advocacy group Corporate Whistleblower Center issued a press release urging employees of sleep clinics to contact the...
Read MoreThe most significant disorder at one sleep center was fraud. It recently brought to light by the Department of Justice, reports the Washington Examiner. A Florida clinic that performed medically unnecessary tests on patients to...
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Sleep testing is clearly on the OIG’s radar. A recently released report by the agency identified nearly $17 million in questionable billing for PSG services. A lawyer analyzes the OIG’s report and provides recommendations you can implement today.
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A proposed rule would increase rewards paid to Medicare beneficiaries and other individuals whose tips about suspected fraud lead to the successful recovery of funds.
Read MoreThe Florida-based sleep testing company allegedly billed Medicare and other federal health care programs illegally.
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Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services rejects a request for waiver of the Stark Law to permit sleep specialists to dispense Medicare CPAP to their patients.
Read MoreAmerica’s health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and other economic and quality barriers hinder progre
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