Two News Updates: UnitedHealthcare FCA and the RACs

 
Monday, Oct. 23, 2017
10-10:30 a.m. ET; 7-7:30 a.m. PT
 
SPECIAL GUEST
Former Tennessee Senator Roy Herron
 
ALSO FEATURING
Janelle Ali-Dinar, PhD; Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC; Emily Evans;
David Glaser, Esq.; and Juliet B. Ugarte Hopkins, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV
 
For the very latest news on the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), be sure to listen to the next edition of Monitor Mondays, when legislative analyst Emily Evans, managing director of healthcare policy for Hedgeye, will return to the broadcast with an update on auditing underway in the nation’s hospitals.
 
And for an update on the closely watched False Claims Act suit that accused UnitedHealth Group Inc. of defrauding Medicare Advantage, nationally recognized whistleblower attorney Mary Inman, a partner at Constantine Cannon, LLP, will be calling from the firm’s office in London to report on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissal last Thursday of its suit against UnitedHealth Care, one of the nation’s largest managed care organizations.
 
The broadcast rundown also will include:
 
  • Monday Rounds: Juliet B. Ugarte Hopkins, MD, physician advisor at ProHealth Care, will be making her Monday Rounds as she substitutes for Ronald Hirsch, MD who is on assignment.
  • Hot Topics: Monitor Mondays senior correspondent Nancy Beckley, president and CEO for Nancy Beckley and Associates, will have all the latest hot topics and the Monitor Mondays Listener Survey.
  • America’s Rural Health Report: Topic authority Janelle Ali-Dinar, vice president of rural health for MyGenetx, will return to report on saving healthcare for rural populations.
  • Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser with Fredrikson & Byron will have another example of a potentially troublesome issue that could pose a risk to your facility.

Register now for this special news broadcast coming your way on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 at 10 a.m. ET.

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PROGRAM NOTE: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) wants you to know what issues they’re looking at. The bad news: if during an investigation, they ask if you saw the plan and you say “yes,” that signals that you knew better. Say “no,” and they’ll likely say you acted recklessly. The Bottom line: you need to know what’s on their mind. And now you will, thanks to the upcoming OIG Work Plan Update webcast by healthcare attorney David Glaser coming your way on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. ET. Register now.

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Chuck Buck is the publisher of RACmonitor and is the program host and executive producer of Monitor Monday.

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