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Physician indicted in COVID billing cases as Medicare adds nutrition code
Original: Physician indicted, clinics settle in COVID-19 billing cases; Medicare adds nutrition specialist code; loneliness tied to fewer healthy years — Morning Medical Update
A physician has been indicted and several clinics have reached settlements over alleged fraudulent COVID-19 billing, in cases scrutinising pandemic-era claims to federal health programmes. Separately, Medicare has introduced a new billing code for nutrition specialists, expanding coverage for dietary care. New research also links loneliness to fewer years lived in good health. The updates come together in a medical news roundup covering fraud enforcement, reimbursement changes and healthy ageing.
Why now: Health professionals are tracking a mix of fraud enforcement, Medicare policy changes and new longevity research in one update.
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- Physician indicted, clinics settle in COVID-19 billing cases; Medicare adds nutrition specialist code; loneliness tied to fewer healthy years — Morning Medical Update · Medical Economics
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