tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 17

Medicaid: Beware If Medicaid Foots The Bill For Inmate Care

Just because you provide services for inmates, that doesn't mean you too can break the law.After years of attention from the HHS Office of Inspector General, companies that provide inmate health services may have the heat turned up on their billing practices more than ever. Investigators in Florida held one company's feet to the fire -- and emerged with a $5 million dollar Medicaid fraud settlement, Attorney General Charlie Crist said March 31.EMSA Limited Partnership, which contracted with government agencies for prison medical services, allegedly skirted state and federal laws by encouraging providers to illegally submit...

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