HOUSTON (WKRC) – A rheumatologist was caught defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by falsely diagnosing people, performing chemotherapy on healthy patients and prescribing unnecessary drugs that caused harm, among other things. Jorge Zamora-Quezada, 68, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for orchestrating a health care fraud scheme involving…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, was in Philadelphia Monday promoting the administration’s mission of making America healthy again. Before an event in West Philadelphia, Oz spoke with CBS News Philadelphia health reporter Stephanie Stahl for a wide-ranging conversation. Oz said he’s committed to protecting the 160…
President Trump says he’ll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, he says could bring down the costs of some medications. It is an attempt to revive a program he tried and failed to implement during his first term. The order Mr. Trump is promising will direct the U.S. Department of Health and…
One hallmark of Elon Musk’s 12 weeks in government has been his focus on Social Security. He has sent one of his closest advisers to work at the Social Security Administration. He has falsely insisted that the program is rife with fraud. And he has depicted the entitlement as a tool — a “giant magnet,”…
Washington — The Senate Finance Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former heart surgeon and television host, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Trump. The panel voted 14 to 13 along party lines to advance Oz’s nomination, which now heads to the full…
Why hospitals are increasingly treating patients at home – CBS News Watch CBS News There are more than 380 approved hospital-at-home programs in 39 states, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In overcrowded hospitals, the programs can help free up needed beds — a persistent issue in facilities such as Mass General…
Getting overpaid by Social Security will soon come at a high cost, with the agency saying Friday it’s reinstating a plan to take 100% of a beneficiary’s monthly check to claw back the money, up from the current 10% rate. The policy change highlights an issue that had caused financial hardship for some beneficiaries in…
UnitedHealth Group shares tumbled Friday on a report that the U.S. Department of Justice has started an investigation into the health care giant’s Medicare billing practices. The Wall Street Journal said federal officials have launched a civil fraud investigation into how the company records diagnoses that lead to extra payments for its Medicare Advantage, or…
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the company fell nearly 10% in premarket trading. Shares of other health insurers also fell before the bell. NYSE – Nasdaq Real Time…
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees. He said that Medicaid is fully funded by the federal government (it’s not) and that many enrollees are unsatisfied with…