A surgeon from Newton, Iowa, has been sentenced to six months and ordered to pay restitution after being convicted on 31 counts of healthcare fraud, according to a Chicago Tribune news report.
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Manuel J. Fernandez, MD, an internist from Miami, has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay more than $656,000 in restitution for committing Medicaid fraud, according to a Crestview News Bulletin report.
Ken Beverly, former president and CEO of Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga., has been accused of falsifying documents to the Georgia Department of Community Health in order to pocket $9 million in Medicaid funds that were not rightfully due,…
Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital has begun construction on a new freestanding ASC on its campus.
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Northstar Healthcare, an owner and manager of ASCs, has announced that Donald Kramer, MD, the founder and first CEO of the company, is rejoining Northstar as its CEO.
Following GlaxoSmithKline's agreement to pay $750 million to settle a fraud lawsuit against the company, federal investigators are now hoping to see if any action can be taken against its executive leaders, according to a New York Times news report.