Michael Miran, Ph.D., a psychologist from Brighton, N.Y., and his wife Esta Miran, who has a doctorate in education, were sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $257,000 in restitution for Medicaid fraud, according to a WHEC news…
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Jeffrey Friedlander, MD, has been sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than $317,000 in restitution for illegal distribution of prescription pain medication and Medicare fraud, according to a Bradenton news report.
Two healthcare advocates are taking action against Tulare County and a federally funded clinic in Tulare, Calif., on suspicion that a group of physicians is being overpaid by the county, according to a Fresno Bee news report.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Significant reimbursement losses are inevitable when epidural and tendon sheath injection procedures are reported incorrectly. Improper reporting is often due to…
Physician-owners of Columbus (Ind.) Surgery Center are in discussions to sell the ASC to Columbus Regional Hospital, which co-owns the ASC, according to a report by The Republic.
The Colorado Ambulatory Care Surgery Center Association has released two reports on studies which demonstrate the impact and value of the state's 112 ASCs, according to a news release.
After discovering his ASC experienced two infections in one quarter, Ralph Gambardella, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and president of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, quickly went to work with the governing board to discuss potential protocols that can be…
A recent webinar highlighted key thoughts and reflections on how to adopt electronic health records without losing physician productivity. The webinar featured speakers William Edwards Jr., MD, of the Surgical Clinic in Nashville, Tenn., and Alex Poston, president of Entrada,…
Food and Drug Administration deputy chief for ligitation Eric Blumberg has said executives of companies guilty of promoting off-label uses of their products may be liable for misdemeanor prosecutions, according to a Bloomberg news release.
The Washington State Department of Health has taken various disciplinary actions against healthcare providers who engaged in criminal activity — including fraud — or has withdrawn charges against them, according to a news release.