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Medicare data breach may have compromised personal information of 100,000 Americans
The personal information of Medicare recipients was used to create unauthorized accounts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
100,000 Americans To Get New Medicare Numbers After Data Incident
Officials said they had "identified suspicious activity related to unauthorized creation of certain beneficiary online ...
Feds announce massive takedown of Medicare fraud suspects in "Operation Gold Rush"
The federal government revealed new details Monday about how they recently took down a massive Medicare fraud operation that ...
Study: Medicaid, Medicare don't adequately cover addiction treatment
Opioid addicts covered by Medicare and Medicaid are less likely to receive the mental health and substance use treatment that ...
Over 100k Medicare Accounts Breached in Latest Hack: Was Yours One?
Letters are going out to 103,000 Medicare beneficiaries who may have been impacted. Here's how to protect your identity and ...
Feds arrest scores in $14 billion Medicare/Medicaid fraud. South Florida high on list
Justice Department officials said 96 doctors, nurses and pharmacists were among those arrested across all 50 states.
11 charged in major Medicare fraud bust, including Brooklyn business owner
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have now charged 11 people in one of the largest Medicare fraud busts in history, including ...
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Bipartisan bill to ease 3-day stay rule for Medicare coverage introduced
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is making another run at softening hospital-stay requirements needed to qualify for ...
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'Hurts everyone': Two local doctors accused of Medicare fraud, costing taxpayers over $30 million
In a nationwide takedown, the federal government is going after doctors committing healthcare fraud, including two in our ...
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CMS says 100K impacted in 'data incident' involving suspicious Medicare accounts
More than 100,000 individuals may have been impacted by a "data incident" where unauthorized Medicare beneficiary accounts ...
U.S. Charges 11 in Russia-Based Scheme to Bilk Medicare of $10.6 Billion
In what is potentially among the largest frauds in Medicare history, prosecutors say hundreds of thousands of people were ...
Older adults are more likely to end up in the ER or hospital when relying on Medicare for this vital service
Research shows that one branch of healthcare services can be particularly difficult to access under Medicare — and seniors ...