The New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General has released its work plan for fiscal year 2009-10, which describes the agency's plan to combat Medicaid fraud.
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South County Surgical Center in St. Louis announced that it has partnered with Surgical Care Affiliates, according to an SCA news release.
Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans agreed to pay $80 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Florida's Medicaid program, according to a report in Forbes.
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A recent study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has found that cementless hip implants last longer the previously thought, with durability up to 20 years, according to a Rush University news release.
A new initiative by the Department of Health and Human Service's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality encourages patients to ask their physicians questions regarding surgery and other aspects of healthcare in an effort to reduce preventable medical errors, according…
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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recently released its 2008 Annual Report, which examined participation in patient safety initiatives by healthcare facilities within the state, according to a PPSA news release.
A recent study published in The Cochrane Library found that weight-loss surgery is effective on those patients with less-severe obesity, but questions still remain about long-term outcomes and which procedures are more effective than others, according to a report in…