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The operator of an orthopedic supply company in Brunswick, Ga., has been charged and arrested for allegedly submitted false claims for orthopedic devices that were never provided to patients, according to a First Coast News report.
A former physician from Tigard, Ore., was arrested at Dulles International Airport after flying in from the United Arab Emirates and evading justice for improper medical practice and other charges for more than six years, according to an Oregonian news…
A former pediatrician from Decatur, Ill., has been sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to fraudulently billing health insurance companies for free vaccines she received from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a Herald-Review news…
CHRISTUS Health, a hospital system based in Houston, has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations that it committed Medicare fraud by falsely billing the federal healthcare program for unapproved medical costs and failing to disclose overpayments, according…
The American Gastroenterological Association has named two new co-executive vice presidents to the governing board, according to an AGA news release.
Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has announced it has broken ground on a new ASC as part of a roughly $66 million, 78,000-square-foot expansion project.
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Pittsburgh, Pa.-based West Penn Allegheny Health System has announced it has broken ground on a new ASC in Peters Township, Pa., just south of Pittsburgh.