Conservative politicians in states such as Florida and Arizona are proposing measures to opt out of federal health reform legislation, according to a report by the New York Times.
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Urban Treatment Center, a methadone clinic in Camden, N.J., is accused of improperly billing U.S. and New Jersey Medicaid for $906,910, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
UnitedHealthcare will require all network physicians and other healthcare providers, facilities and ancillary providers to participate in its Commercial Radiology Notification Program, effective Feb. 15, 2010, according to a report from the American Academy of Professional Coders.
Northern Virginia Eye Surgery Center (Fairfax, Va). William Rich, MD, a partner in this ASC, went through a 20-year struggle with nearby hospitals and Virginia's strict certificate of need process before the ASC finally opened in May 2008.
Northern Virginia Eye Surgery Center (Fairfax, Va). William Rich, MD, a partner in this ASC, went through a 20-year struggle with nearby hospitals and Virginia's strict certificate of need process before the ASC finally opened in May 2008.
In early December, when the U.S. Senate had not yet passed its health reform legislation, it looked like Bucks County Specialty Hospital, a 24-bed, six-OR orthopedics facility outside of Philadelphia, might be one of the last physician-owned hospitals in the…
William Holley, MD, a podiatrist based in Buffalo, N.Y., was indicted on 28 charges of healthcare fraud, alleging the physician submitted numerous fraudulent charges to federal and state health insurers, according to a report in The Buffalo News.
New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released audits that found the state Medicaid program lost at least $92 million due to improper payments, billing errors and poor record keeping, according to a report in the New York Times.
Karen Remley, MD, Virginia state health commissioner, has rejected plans for three virtual colonoscopy clinics, which would have allowed patients to receive both traditional and CT colonoscopies, according to a report in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star.
Officials in some 20 states with already expanded healthcare coverage are arguing that the health reform bill just passed by the Senate would unfairly penalize them for their expansions, according to a report by the New York Times.