Ultragenyx to Pay $6 Million To Settle False Claims Act Case - Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. recently agreed to pay $6 million to settle a qui tam action filed under the False Claims Act (FCA). Ultragenyx manufactures a...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 11 (March 22, 2021) - A cancer center has won its appeal of $2 million in Medicare claim denials in a case about modifier 25 and the extrapolation of an overpayment. Problems with the...more
Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, no. 32 (September 14, 2020) - In an audit of 100 outlier payments, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said Baylor Scott & White – College Station, a hospital in Texas, didn’t...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 5 (February 10, 2020) - At least two Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have set their sights on observation services, and there may be more to come. WPS is auditing...more