The defendants billed #Medicare and other insurers for prescription #medications that were never dispensed. #Fraud #Prescriptions #ProviderGreed #Rx https://buff.ly/4hTPzti
4 pharmacists sentenced to prison in $13M fraud scheme

The FTC suggested in a report that #MedicalDevice manufacturers sometimes charge two-to-three times what an independent repair tech would charge. #ProviderGreed #Monopolies #MedicalCosts #RightToRepair https://buff.ly/40GjHCG
Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They're No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures

Hospitals are increasingly being forced into maintenance contracts with device manufacturers, driving up costs.

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When you look closer at the numbers we see some of our highest-costing #hospitals that are driving this issue are our large #nonprofit hospitals. #ProviderGreed #MedicalCosts #Indiana https://buff.ly/40t6U4X
Indiana bill seeks to end tax breaks for non-profit hospitals that overcharge patients

Proposal comes after the Guardian investigated Parkview, a Fort Wayne-based non-profit chain that charges some of the highest prices in the country

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It's not just health insurance carriers. Here's a list of recent #MedicalFraud #BillingFraud #fines and sentences. #ProviderGreed #HealthcareFraud #Healthcare https://buff.ly/40rr7Iv
Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases

Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Dec. 27:

The appeal claims that the conditional approval of #AdventHealth's application prejudices #MissionHealth by preventing its ability to expand. Well of course it did. #CON #Hospitals #ProviderGreed #NorthCarolina https://buff.ly/3WIpp4H
HCA appeals another AdventHealth CON: 7 things to know

HCA Healthcare's Mission Health appeals state's decision to grant AdventHealth 26 acute care beds in Buncombe County, causing delays in hospital expansion.

More and more minor interventions have been rebranded and billed as #surgery, for #profit. The #SurpriseBills often catch #patients off guard. #MedicalCosts #upcoding #ProviderGreed #opinion https://buff.ly/4is5lfU
Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery - KFF Health News

Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 minutes with a patient to tease out a diagnosis can be paid less for that time than a dermatologist spending a few seconds squirting a dollop of liquid nitrogen onto the skin.

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