Independent Health, Medicare

Independent Health to pay up to $98 million for alleged fraud
Independent Health has agreed to pay up to $98 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted invalid diagnosis codes in order to receive increased payments from Medicare. Independent Health will pay a minimum of $34.
Independent Health settles $98M fraud case over inflated Medicare claims
Independent Health Association will pay nearly $100 million for allegedly defrauding the government. The U.S. Attorney's Office says the company allegedly violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting,
Independent Health to pay up to $98 million in settlement for allegedly defrauding Medicare
The settlement with Amherst-based Independent Health, now-defunct affiliate company DxID and DxID's former CEO Betsy Gaffney caps off a 12-year whistleblower lawsuit.
DOJ case against Independent Health ends with $34.5 million settlement
The Department of Justice's case against Independent Health has concluded with a multimillion-dollar agreement. Editor's note: This is an updated story with information from one of the parties ...
In Settling Fraud Case, New York Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay up to $100M
Independent Health Association of Buffalo, which operates two Medicare Advantage plans, will pay up to $98 million. Betsy Gaffney, CEO of medical records review company DxID, will
New York health insurer agrees to up to $100 million settlement over Medicare fraud tied to improper diagnoses
The insurer examined patient records to find money-making diagnoses and pressured doctors to sign off on them, according to the government's suit.
Report details struggles of independent abortion clinics nationwide after Roe
LaDonna Prince’s new reproductive care clinic in Illinois was supposed to be open more than a year ago. Prince and her staff ...
Pete Doherty shows off result of health kick after saying he’s ‘a very sick man’
Pete Doherty has unveiled the results of a dramatic weight loss transformation after saying he was “a very sick man”.
How Congress can help make health care affordable.
Congress must resist the hospital lobby and pass site-neutral payment reform as soon as possible. Legislators, give patients ...
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A new Kansas City program steers residents to mental health or drug care rather than custody
You see someone in the midst of a mental breakdown, or high on drugs. Call 911 and they may get arrested. Things could get ...
Revealed: NHS spent more than two billion on private mental health hospitals last year
The NHS has seen its own bed capacity dwindle over decades and with significant re-investment unlikely’, report warns ...