Rakesh Nathu, MD, a radiation oncologist from Las Vegas, has agreed to pay the federal government $5.7 million plus interest in order to settle false claims allegations, according to a local FOX news report.
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Alan Gumer, MD, a psychiatrist from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has pleaded guilty to his role in a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme dating back to 2004, according to a Miami Herald news report.
The Senate Finance Committee postponed a scheduled "mock" markup of the South Korea, Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements that include an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance last week, postponing two provisions from the ASC Quality and Access Act that…
Rob Morris, vice president of marketing and new business development for GE Capital's CareCredit, discusses 10 simple ways surgery centers can start collecting more money from patients.
Ansell Limited, a provider of protection solutions, has announced it has acquired Sandel Medical Industries, a manufacturer of medical and ergonomic safety products.
Olympus Corp. has announced it has acquired Spirus Medical, an endoscope insertion device manufacturer based in Stoughton, Mass.
A trial court has found Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, and one of its nurses negligent following the death of a patient from an infection developed while in the hospital's care, according to a report from the…
CMS has released its 2012 proposed payment rule for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments, which calls for a proposed ASC Medicare across the board fee increase of 0.9 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2012, and the establishment of a…
Todd Borst, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners in Northern California, identifies four ways to boost physician efficiency in ambulatory surgery centers.
A small study has found that women viewing a photograph of their romantic partners were able to tolerate pain better than when viewing a photograph of an inanimate object or a stranger, according to a report in the Proceedings of…