Daisy Martinez of Miami pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program of more than $15 million, according to a Department of Justice news release.
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Health plans owned by physicians and hospitals are on the decline, according to a report by AMEDNews.
Construction has been completed on the 15,000-square-foot Brown Hand Center in Bedford, Texas, according to a news release by Veritas Medical Properties, the company that oversaw the center's construction.
2009 has been an incredibly interesting year. Here are six quick thoughts. 1. Economic gloom and recession began the year as the biggest issue; healthcare reform ends the year as the biggest issue. This year began with tremendous paralysis in the…
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The House's version of the "Affordable Healthcare for America Act," HR 3962, which was released on Oct. 29, includes language against physician-ownership of hospitals, similar to the language included in draft versions of HR 3200, according to a statement by…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an interim final rule with request for comments on stricter penalties issued for HIPAA violations under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, according to an HHS release.
House Democrats, following their Senate counterparts, have put a proposed Medicare pay fix for physicians into a separate bill from their health reform legislation, according to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.
Here are eight facility expenses for surgery centers by the number of operating rooms in the center, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Olympus has introduced VisiGlide, a new single use guidewire developed with advanced technology from Terumo Corporation to facilitate ERCP procedures performed by gastroenterologists, according to an Olympus news release.