Health Care Compliance Training

Fraud and abuse in health care programs is increasingly a focus of federal and state government authorities.  Here are just a few headlines from one recent month.

• Houston Man Indicted for Health Care Fraud in Investigation by Texas Attorney General and Federal Officials
• Monroe County Doctor Convicted of Medicaid Fraud
• Eleven Arrested in Operation “Crooked Clean Up
• Brevard County Woman Arrested for Medicaid Fraud
• AG Koster announces sentencing of Perryville bookkeeper for abuse of Medicaid recipient, forgery
• Three People Arraigned in Connection with Stealing Over $120,000 from State Medicaid Program
• Newton Man and Three Former Employees of Regional Transit Authority Arraigned in Medicaid Kickback Scheme
• Oral Surgeon Charged Criminally With Medicaid Fraud
• Probe by Texas Attorney General and Federal Officials Leads To Health Care Fraud Conviction for North Texas Ambulance Company Operator
• Attorney General Koster settles with St. Louis physician in Medicaid fraud case — state to receive more than $440,000 –
• North Jersey Pharmacist Sentenced to State Prison for Bilking the Medicaid Program

Fines from the government can be as high as three times the amount of damages.  Mistakes can send individuals to jail and the collateral damage to the health care provider is even greater.

Don’t let this happen to you.

Aggressive and effective training compliance training can prevent these types of illegal activities and mistakes and offer an affirmative defense to mitigate damages.

HAVA Partners online training compliance programs can protect your business and individual health care providers.

Click here to see a sample of HAVA Partner Health Care Compliance programs.