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ANA Responds to Nurses’ AI Billing Concerns, Commits to Comment on Medicare Rules
The American Nurses Association has responded to nurses’ questions about proposed billing and payment changes for clinical artificial intelligence, releasing…
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Nurses Have Never Had Their Own Medicare Payment Designation. Software May Get One First
Part of Nurse.org’s Nursing AI Watch, our ongoing investigation into how artificial intelligence is reshaping nursing practice. Last week we…
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2 New Jersey Nurses Charged in Alleged $20.7 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme
Two Ocean County advanced practice nurses are among six medical professionals and staff charged in an alleged $20.7 million Medicare…
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Florida NP and Two Nurses Charged in $118 Million Medicare Wound Care Fraud Scheme
Image source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune A Sarasota nurse practitioner and two Tampa Bay-area nurses have been charged in an alleged $118…
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FBI Offers $150K Reward for Fugitive Healthcare Fraudster Accused of $100M Medicare Scheme
A Houston laboratory owner has just landed on one of the most exclusive and unwanted lists in the country after…
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Utah NP, RN and Podiatrist Indicted on 18 Counts in $29M Medicare Wound Care Fraud
A Utah nurse practitioner, a registered nurse and a podiatrist have been federally indicted in connection with an alleged Medicare…
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Nurses Among 15 Charged in Medicare Hospice Fraud Scheme That Paid ‘Fake Dying’ Patients
FBI SWAT teams fanned out across Southern California early Wednesday morning, executing arrest warrants on doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers…
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Kaiser Hit With Record $556M Medicare Fraud Payout — Here’s What It Means for Nurses
Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente have agreed to pay $556 million to resolve federal allegations that they violated the False Claims…
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NP Scharmaine Baker Convicted in $12.1M Medicare Fraud Scheme
Image sources: Amazon Dr. Scharmaine Lawson Baker, a Louisiana nurse practitioner, author, and entrepreneur, was recently convicted by a federal…
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Massive Medicare Payment Changes Could Reinvent How Doctors Get Paid—and Patients Benefit
For the first time, Medicare plans to create a two-tiered payment system for physicians based on their participation in value-based…
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