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Nikkie LaFleur of Lake Charles, La., was sentenced to 37 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to three counts of healthcare fraud in March, according to an Associated Press report on KLFY News.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration it will stop manufacturing propofol, which could further exacerbate a months-long shortage of the anesthetic, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
CMS Transmittal 59 provides additional clarifications to the agency's Interpretive Guidelines for the Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation, according an American Society of Anesthesiologists news release.
The American College of Gastroenterology has released a new podcast series, featuring ACG experts answering questions on topics related to IBD, according to an ACG news release.
Jamie S. Warnick, MD, a Decatur, Ill.-based pediatrician, has pleaded guilty to theft as part of a scheme to charge insurers for vaccines provided free of charge by the Illinois Department of Public Health, according to a report by the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has once again asked contractors to hold claims for services under the physician fee schedule for the first 10 business days in June, while Congress struggles to delay a proposed 21.3 percent fee…
Intercare Health Systems, formerly doing business as Los Angeles' City of Angels Medical Center, has agreed to a $10 million consent judgment to resolve a civil lawsuit against Intercare by the United States and the state of California for a…
A recent policy analysis by the National Institute for Health Care Reform suggests that the $5 billion allocated to operate temporary high-risk pools for uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions until 2014, when insurers will be required to provide coverage to…
Houston Northwest Medical Center's bariatric program, Well Beginnings, has again been chosen as an OptumHealth Bariatric Center of Excellence, according to an HNMC news release.