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A "representation" is a pre-contractual statement made during negotiations. [4] If a representation has been incorporated into the contract as a term, [5] then the normal remedies for breach of contract apply. Factors that determine whether or not a representation has become a term include: The relative expertise of the parties. [6] [7]
Health care fraud includes "snake oil" marketing, health insurance fraud, drug fraud, and medical fraud. Health insurance fraud occurs when a company or an individual defrauds an insurer or government health care program, such as Medicare (United States) or equivalent State programs. The manner in which this is done varies, and persons engaging ...
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
Telemarketing Associates, Inc. (2003), the Court upheld an Illinois telemarketing anti-fraud law against claims that it was a form of prior restraint, affirming consumer protection against misrepresentation was a valid government interest justifying a free speech exception for false claims made in that context. [27] The 2012 decision United ...
(Reuters) - Electronic health records vendor NextGen Healthcare Inc has agreed to pay $31 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Justice Department ...
A fact check roundup of claims related to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the suspected shooter, Luigi Mangione.
The 50-year-old businessman, who lives in Murton Village, Newcastle, pleaded not guilty to nine criminal charges including fraud by abuse of position, fraud by false misrepresentation and money ...