Healthcare software company owner sentenced in $1B Medicare fraud scheme
The owner of healthcare software company HealthSplash was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a scheme that prosecutors said fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal healthcare programs more than $1 billion for medically unnecessary equipment. Brett Blackman, 43, of Johnson County, Kan., was sentenced Oct. 14 after being convicted in April […] The post Healthcare software company owner sentenced in $1B Medicare fraud scheme appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News .
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Policy / Regulatory Changes signal via Becker's Payer Issues: "Healthcare software company owner sentenced in $1B Medicare fraud scheme".
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[DRAFT — verify before any external use] Becker's Payer Issues reports on policy / regulatory changes: The owner of healthcare software company HealthSplash was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a scheme that prosecutors said fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal healthcare programs more than $1 bil…
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