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A health insurance firm in Germantown, Wis., and its parent company have agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle whistleblower claims of healthcare fraud, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report. Abri Health Plan and its parent company, Universal American…

Gloydian Cruz, MD, a physiatrist specializing in pain management, has joined SpinePain & Orthopedic Injury Center of Clearwater, Fla., according to a SpinePain & Orthopedic Injury Center press release.

A former employee at a Medicare contractor was convicted for taking bribes to approve licenses for four South Florida clinics offering bogus pain management and other services, according to a Miami Herald report.

Lev Grunstein, MD, an ophthalmologist from California, has joined Kaiser Permanente Maui in Hawaii, according to a Kaiser news release.

Researchers at the University of Michigan, University of California-San Francisco and the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium have won a total of $5 million in FDA grants to develop pediatric devices for rare diseases and conditions, according to an FDA news…

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October receives significantly more recognition than the campaigns against prostate cancer and gynecologic cancer in September, according to a Reporter News report.

The FDA has cleared Canon's CR-2 PLUS digital non-mydriatic retinal camera, an update of the company's CR-2 model, according to a Canon news release.

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced Joseph L. Cappiello has been appointed the company's new chief operating officer, according to an HFAP news release.

Blayne Rush, MHP, MBA, president of Ambulatory Alliances, has received an executive certificate from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, according to a news release.

Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced its private-label and sourcing company, Amerinet Choice, has signed an agreement with Medline Industries for wound closure products, according to an Amerinet news release.