The following are specific audits and focus areas the Department of Justice added to its priority list as a result of COVID 19-related fraud, waste, and abuse activity:
Inpatient discharges with COVID-19 diagnosis
COVID-19 add-on lab testing
Home health services provided as telehealth
Medicare laboratory services and telehealth services
Contracts awarded for COVID-19 testing
Online scams selling fake and unlawful treatments and cures
Scammers posing as health care providers