Edward Birts of Houston has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud after receiving nearly $1 million from Medicare and Medicaid for behavioral counseling despite being unqualified to provide such services, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
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Congress's failure to pass a physician fee fix before the June 1 deadline reveals fissures between Democratic leaders and rank-and-file moderates who oppose deficit spending, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
Republican Senators are gearing up to fight the nomination of Donald Berwick, MD, as CMS administrator, focusing on his love for Britain's government-run National Health Service, according to a report by Politico.
Kathleen McCullough, the former office manager of a plastic surgery center in Pittsburgh, Pa., was convicted of embezzling more than $140,000 from the center and another $1.2 million from an engineering firm where she served as controller, according to a…
The survival and success of ASCs relies on recruiting physicians who can bring patients to the table, and having enough physicians and cases to keep ASCs profitable. But many ASCs are finding that recruiting new physicians to help the facility…
R. Blake Curd, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is running for the GOP nomination to unseat Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin for South Dakota's only House seat, is asking for support as the election date of June 8 approaches.
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Generous federal subsidies to the newly unemployed for COBRA health insurance expired June 1, according to a report by Insurance Networking News.
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