Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The hospice company forged Medicare claims that showed its nurses had visited their terminally ill patients when, in fact, they had not. (iStock)

Hospice owner faces prison for Medicare fraud

Sarah Bedford · November 22, 2014 6:00 pm

GAO says Medicare, Medicaid cost-comparison tools too influenced by providers

Mark Tapscott · November 19, 2014 5:00 am

Medicare's error rate for payments to hospitals, doctors and other service providers has spiraled upward from 8.5 percent to 10 percent in one year, according to a government watchdog. (iStock)

Growing Medicare error payments rate cost $45 billion in 2013, IG reports

Mark Tapscott · November 18, 2014 11:15 pm

President Obama Saturday promoted healthcare.gov improvements at the start of the second year of open enrollment for his signature health insurance law, the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photos)

Obama touts ‘faster and easier’ health insurance open enrollment

Susan Ferrechio · November 15, 2014 5:07 pm

Healthcare company CareAll defrauded both Medicare and Medicaid by inflating and falsifying costs. (iStock Photo)

HHS still doing business with firm that twice defrauded Medicare

Sarah Bedford · November 15, 2014 10:00 am

Report: 42 percent of new Medicaid signups are immigrants, their children

Report: 42 percent of new Medicaid signups are immigrants, their children

Susan Ferrechio · November 13, 2014 6:00 am

Three separate healthcare fraud cases netted more than $160 million in Medicare funds. (iStock Photo)

Healthcare fraud cases in Texas, Illinois, Ohio symptoms of increasing fraud

Sarah Bedford · November 5, 2014 6:34 pm

Choice and competition are popular with consumers -- and effective at keeping a lid on health spending. (iStock)

Obamacare is hardly pro-choice

Sally Pipes · November 3, 2014 10:00 am

Feds Sue New York City for Medicaid Fraud

Feds Sue New York City for Medicaid Fraud

Daniel Halper · October 28, 2014 11:41 am

This Sept. 29, 2014, file photo shows Ohio Gov. John Kasich as he speaks at a GOP Get Out the Vote rally in Independence, Ohio.Â Kasich, a possible 2016 contender, had a dust-up this week when the Associated Press reported pro-Obamacare comments he made.Â (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

Beltway Confidential

Gov. Kasich’s four Obamacare tricks

Philip Klein · October 22, 2014 9:41 pm

The Heritage report found that even though 8 million signed up for private insurance, only 6.3 million enrolled by following through with payments. (iStock)

Report: Most of new Obamacare insured are on Medicaid

Susan Ferrechio · October 22, 2014 5:00 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich's recent comments suggesting President Obama's healthcare law was here to stay and having a positive impact on people's lives generated a lot of attention as marking a potential shift in Republican attitudes toward the program. But the fact that he has since pushed back on the story suggests he's seriously thinking about a run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. (AP/Mark Duncan)

Beltway Confidential

Kasich’s Obamacare pushback suggests he’s seriously considering 2016 presidential bid

Philip Klein · October 21, 2014 3:18 pm