HHS Office of Inspector General

Three South Florida men have been sentenced to prison for a scheme that defrauded Medicare and laundered over $2.2M through fraudulent durable medical equipment companies. Learn more: https://direc.to/fWS6

Following a joint investigation with HHS-OIG, FBI and CBP, two researchers with the National Institutes of Health have been charged with smuggling deactivated monkeypox virus into the United States. Learn more: https://direc.to/fWTr

Former laboratory executives, a physician, and multiple marketers have agreed to pay $2M to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of illegal payments to doctors for referrals. Learn more: https://direc.to/fWSY

HHS-OIG is hiring Attorney Advisors! Join the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, Advice Branch, providing legal guidance on audits, evaluations, Medicare & Medicaid oversight, and key HHS issues. Open to all U.S. citizens. Make an impact through public service—apply today! https://direc.to/fWSV

This , remember to guard your Medicare card:
❌Don’t give your Medicare number to anyone over the phone.
❌Don’t text it and don’t use it to sign up for “free” offers.
❌ Saying no is the best defense against scammers.
Report Medicare fraud at tips.oig.hhs.gov

HHS-OIG's new audit estimated that CMS made $462 million in potential overpayments to Medicare Advantage organizations nationwide based on unsupported stroke diagnosis codes. Read more: https://direc.to/fWpS

A New York woman has been convicted for her role in a $8M Medicare fraud scheme that paid cash kickbacks to ambulette drivers who recruited Medicare patients to bring to the clinics she managed.
Learn more: https://direc.to/fWpf

A blood test lab owner was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for evading $11.2M in federal taxes by using a shill to illegally collect Medicare reimbursement payments for his company and fraudulently obtaining $99K in COVID-19 business relief. More: https://direc.to/fWpi

Oglethorpe Inc. and its executives have agreed to pay $32M to resolve False Claims Act allegations for knowingly failing to return Medicare overpayments for unqualified inpatient psychiatric care at three Ohio facilities. They also agreed to a 10‑year exclusion from federal health care programs. Learn more: https://direc.to/fWoX