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A National Provider Identifier ( NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational health insurance and services company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services and care delivery aided by technology and data under Optum, it is the world's eleventh-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue.
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 ...
Substance abuse, especially of alcohol and prescription drugs, for adults 60 and over is a fast-growing health problem in the U.S.. According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health ...
Private insurance companies involved in Medicare Advantage — a government program in which private insurers oversee Medicare benefits — made hundreds of thousands of dubious diagnoses from ...
Psychiatric Institute of Washington. Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. Website. uhs .com. Universal Health Services, Inc. ( UHS) is an American Fortune 500 company [1] that provides hospital and healthcare services, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. In 2023, UHS reported total revenues of $14.3b. [2]
The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) is an American federal law prohibiting financial payments or incentives for referring patients or generating federal healthcare business. The law, codified at 42 U.S. Code § 1320a–7b (b), [1] imposes criminal and, particularly in association with the federal False Claims Act, civil liability on those who ...
In 1972 the United States Congress passed legislation authorizing the End Stage Renal Disease Program ( ESRD) under Medicare. Section 299I of Public Law 92-603, passed on October 30, 1972, extended Medicare coverage to Americans if they had stage five chronic kidney disease (CKD) and were otherwise qualified under Medicare's work history ...