A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council found that the number of outpatient surgery centers in Pennsylvania, along with the centers' total margins, are growing, according to a report in the Pittsburgh Business Times.
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The Illinois Department of Health has launched its first Web site where patients can review pricing and quality data about the state's hospitals and surgery centers, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Eight prescription drug makers have agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle allegations that they purposefully reported false and inflated drug prices, which serve as the basis for Medicaid reimbursements paid by taxpayers, according to an Iowa Office of the…
Ronald Poulin, MD, a hematology and oncology specialist in Virginia Beach, Va., was found guilty of 28 counts, which included healthcare fraud, altering records and making false statements, for his role in a $1.2 million scheme to defraud Medicare and…
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Oklahoma's new malpractice reforms for physicians went into effect on Nov. 1, according to a release from the Oklahoma Hospital Association.
Physician supply in 2008 varied from a high of 405 per 100,000 residents in Massachusetts to a low of 174 in Mississippi, according to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The Superior Court of New Jersey recently upheld a decision by the state's trial court that Wayne (N.J.) Surgical Center and its physician-owners did not violate the state's Insurance Fraud Prevention Act by waiving out-of-pocket costs for patients without notifying…
RetireSafe, which represents 400,000 senior citizen supporters across America, called on the U.S. House of Representatives to stop the proposed rationing of high-quality hospital care to Medicare patients and to turnover proposed limits on physician-owned hospitals, according to a RetireSafe…