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Allegations of False Claims Act violations grew into allegations of Stark Law violation, and now a multi-location practice, its CEO and its former lab director will pay more than $1 million to resolve the case.

On the heels of two similar settlements, a Baltimore health system has settled a case for $122,928 in which it was accused of getting the doctors whose practice it had acquired to bill established patients as if they were new, inflating their charges.

Practices don't expect sales pitches from someone who's related to one of their providers. But that's just one way Global Compounding Pharmacy, a Haleyville, Ala.-based company, encouraged its sales representatives to boost sales.
Thinking of buying and billing for drugs purchased from another country? Such a deal the fed will have for you.

Some video commentary from OIG on a recent eClinicalWorks false claims settlement indicates the agency is interested in looking at other EHR software vendors for signs that they cut corners to meet standards.

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