A nurse from Anaheim passed envelopes of cash — $600 every month — to an elderly couple enrolled in hospice services they did not need. A husband and wife in Covina used fake hospice billings to cover mortgage and car payments, international flights ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her story debunking a bogus theory about transgender kids ...

In a March 3 letter [1] addressed to Gov. Kathy Hochul, CMS Administrator Dr, Mehmet Oz raised pointed concerns about fraud, waste and abuse (“FWA”) within New York’s Medicaid Program involving payments for home health-related services. In his letter ...

Recent cases show healthcare fraud schemes often involve money laundering through bank employee involvement and shell companies, highlighting the importance of tracking illicit funds. As readers of this column know, healthcare insurance fraud schemes are ...

The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is investigating at least 200 health care and social service providers for potential Medicaid fraud. A bipartisan bill aims to increase the staff of the Medicaid fraud unit to better handle the growing number and ...