Bringing about a higher level of transparency and accountability in provincial and federal governments to help protect taxpayers from abuse
The B.C. government has moved against doctors who engage in illegal extra billing, enacting a law that aims to end queue-jumping by patients who pay to fast-track access to publicly funded medical care.
British Columbia leads the country in extra-billing practices, triggering penalties levied by Ottawa every year since 2001 for violations of the Canada Health Act.
Read more at The Globe and Mail
Cheyenne, Wyo. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment on May 19th charging Powell psychologist Gibson Condie with 234 counts of health care fraud involving approximately $6.8 million in fraudulent bills submitted to Wyoming Medicaid.
That’s according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This indictment was the result of an investigation by the FBI, the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, and the Wyoming Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Read more at kgwn.tv