Amazing that the takeaway is that its easier to buy a gun than to get credentialed as a physician is…
Morning Headlines 9/20/21
The Department of Justice files criminal charges against 138 defendants for their alleged participation in healthcare fraud schemes that generated $1.4 billion, the bulk of which involved telemedicine.
Cyberattackers Target Missouri Hospital At Epicenter Of COVID Outbreak, Post Patient Data
Hackers post stolen patient data online after launching a ransomware attack on Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Hinge Health Acquires the Most Advanced Computer Vision Technology for Tracking Human Motion
Digital physical therapy company Hinge Health acquires Wrnch, which has developed 3-D motion-tracking technology to capture full body movement.
Re: Feds charge 138, including doctors, with $1.4 billion in health-care fraud involving telemedicine, Covid, opioids
This includes 42 healthcare professionals and 23 physicians! 23 PHYSICIANS! That’s why we cannot have nice things in healthcare. (those who complain about too much coding related documentation in healthcare, go and read the history of Medicare and why all those guardrails needed to be put in place over time).