Monitor Mondays

New York health insurer Independent Health and its former executive reached a settlement that will amount to up to $100 million with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a whistleblower over False Claims Act allegations that they made Medicare members appear sicker than they really were to get more money from the government, a practice known as risk adjustment fraud.Betsy Gaffney, former CEO of now-defunct vendor DxID, agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations she helped DxID mine patients’ medical records for diagnoses that risk-adjust, nudging doctors to approve them up to a year after the patient visits, all while pocketing up to 20 percent of the additional revenue generated for Independent Health by these unsupported diagnoses.Reporting the lead story during the next live edition of Monitor Mondays will be famed whistleblower attorney Mary Inman, partner in the law firm Whistleblower Partners.More than four weeks since its last news broadcast, Monitor Mondays will return this coming Monday with