Eleven people, including the owner of a healthcare clinic in Bronx, N.Y., have been charged with enterprise corruption for their roles in a $1 million insurance fraud scheme, according to a report in the New York Daily News.
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Physician Hospitals of America has released a statement saying that a deal made by the American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals and Catholic Health Association with the White House and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to reduce Medicare…
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Regulators from the California Department of Managed Health Care obtained an order from an administrative judge preventing Raymond and Jean Palombo of Riverside, Calif., from selling HMO and PPO insurance plans in California, according to a report in the Los…
The Tennessee Medical Association is suing Franklin, Tenn.-based Health Research Insights, which was working to take back reimbursements paid to physicians in several states, alleging fraud and asking the state to stop HRI from collecting more money from physicians, according…
A Rhode Island bill to cap the compensation of any hospital executive in the state at no more than 110 percent of the compensation received by counterparts in the region has died in the house, according to a report by…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced a comprehensive set of resources to help ambulatory care facilities develop and maintain infection control programs, according to an APIC news release.
The Nevada State Health Division's Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance delivered a cease operations letter to the Clinica de Mujeres, a Las Vegas clinic owned by Vickie Mazzorana, MD, for performing surgeries without a license, according to a…
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