This article profiles some outstanding administrators at surgery centers across the country.
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Bic Chau Stafford, DPM, a podiatrist practicing in St. Louis, Mo., was sentenced to five months in prison for fraudulently billing Medicare and then attempting to cover up the fraud, according to a report in the St. Louis Dispatch.
Megadyne announced a new range of E-Z Clean Modified Electrodes featuring enhanced polytetrafluoroethylene insulation, which are designed to further minimize potential thermal injuries during electrosurgery, according to a Megadyne news release.
Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy, N.C., will soon open a five-suite surgical center, according to a report in the Mount Airy News.
N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has reached an agreement with California-based insurer HealthNet over flawed out-of-network reimbursement processes, according to a news release from his office.
Company sought that could utilize a $20,000,000 net operating loss from a bankrupt healthcare service company to shelter income in another company. Like a tax-free property exchange, the acquiring company must be in a like business (healthcare service provider). Here…
CMS has issued a scam alert for a scheme where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor.
The Orthopedic and Reconstructive Center of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City has paid $3.5 million to settle claims by the federal government that it billed payors for medical procedures that were not performed, according to a report by The Oklahoman.
The Cardinal Health Foundation, based in Dublin, Ohio, announced it has awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding for new and innovative programs to improve patient safety at 35 hospitals, health systems and community health clinics across the…
A sticking point in crafting major national health care reform legislation, according to media accounts, is whether or not Congress should create a new "public" plan as an alternative to private insurance plans. The role of a public plan has…