A former family practitioner from Perrysburg, Ohio, will serve five years in prison following her guilty plea to healthcare fraud charges, according to a Toledo Blade news report.
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A state audit presented to a North Dakota legislative oversight committee suggested the state's Department of Human Services doesn't pay enough attention to preventing Medicaid fraud, according to a Grand Forks Herald news report.
Former Merrillville, Ind., otolaryngologist Mark Weinberger, MD, has admitted to filing more than $200,000 in false claims to health insurance companies for procedures that were never rendered, according to a Post-Tribune news report.
Tahir Saeed Sherani, the former owner of medical laboratories in East Hartford and West Hartford, Conn., has been accused of bilking the federal Medicaid program more than $1 million, according to a news release by the State of Connecticut Division…
As the economy struggles to stabilize and ASCs deal with declining reimbursements, it is critical for surgery centers to take more proactive approaches to saving money and helping their bottom line when ordering supplies. Here are 10 proven strategies ASCs…
Peter B. Gray, DMD, an oral surgeon from Rutland, Vt., has pleaded not guilty to accusations that he defrauded the federal Medicaid program, according to a NECN news report.
A database created by the investigative news organization ProPublica allows viewers to see the details of financial relationships between physicians and seven pharmaceutical companies, according to a news report by The Plain Dealer.
ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, has announced the 2011 dates of its three national conferences focusing on surgery center and hospital/health system business and legal issues.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has settled a lawsuit with approximately 130 ASCs in New Jersey for $22 million and an increase in reimbursement rates between 2011-2013, according to a joint press release from Horizon and law…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has installed Mark A. Warner, MD, as president, according to a Newswise report.