Jay Rom, president of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, makes six points on the future of ambulatory surgery centers.
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A former nurse at a Mississippi nursing home has been charged with fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs, according to a news release by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.
A Miami infusion clinic owner and his brother pleaded guilty to their involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
Two pharmacists have been sentenced to probation for their involvement in defrauding Medicaid and Tricare, according to a report by the Tampa Tribune.
A New Jersey pharmacy has been ordered to serve one year of probation and pay $730,000 in restitution for overbilling health insurers for brand-name drugs when it actually sold generic brands, according to a report by Asbury Park Press.