Our Lady of Lourdes Health Care Services in Camden N.J. has agreed to pay $7.95 million to resolve allegations that the hospitals defrauded Medicare by using outlier payments to inflate charges, according to a release by the Justice Department.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J., has agreed to pay $8 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, according to a report in the Courier-Post.
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The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services have announced the expansion of Strike Force operations to Brooklyn, N.Y., Tampa, Fla., and Baton Rouge, La., in the fifth, sixth and seventh phases of a targeted criminal, civil and administrative…
A recent report by the National Eye Institute found a 66.4 percent increase in myopia among Americans since the 1970s, according to an American Academy of Ophthalmology news release.
In its 2010 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule, CMS eliminated the use of "consultation" codes (CPT 99241-99245) for new patient consultations by specialty physicians. Starting in 2010, practices must bill for these services using regular evaluation and management codes…
A representative of the U.S. Department of Justice said he department will work with hospitals and other providers to create models of clinical integration that do not violate antitrust laws, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has indicated that he will drop a proposal in the health reform bill to allow people ages 55-64 to buy into the Medicare program, according to a report by the Hill.