Construction has begun on a new 8,500-square-foot medical complex in Ocala, Fla., which includes an ASC, according to the Florida Read Estate Journal.
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A podiatrist from London, Ky., has been indicted for alleged Medicaid fraud following a criminal investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control Unit into his billing practices, according to a news release by Kentucky Attorney General…
The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General has released the 2009 annual report detailing information about audits, investigations and initiatives related to Medicaid fraud and abuse that occurred in 2009, according to Medicaid Inspector General James G.…
The False Claims Act has proven to be effective and efficient in recovering taxpayer money stolen by perpetrators of fraud, according to a report by advocacy group Taxpayers Against Fraud.
Several public health and infectious diseases groups jointly authored a white paper that outlines a four-part framework for eliminating healthcare-associated infections, according to an Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology news release.
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A five-story addition to Luther Midelfort – Mayo Health System in Eau Claire, Wis., includes a new surgery center, according to a news release from the facility.
A former family practitioner from Perrysburg, Ohio, will serve five years in prison following her guilty plea to healthcare fraud charges, according to a Toledo Blade news report.
A state audit presented to a North Dakota legislative oversight committee suggested the state's Department of Human Services doesn't pay enough attention to preventing Medicaid fraud, according to a Grand Forks Herald news report.
Former Merrillville, Ind., otolaryngologist Mark Weinberger, MD, has admitted to filing more than $200,000 in false claims to health insurance companies for procedures that were never rendered, according to a Post-Tribune news report.
Tahir Saeed Sherani, the former owner of medical laboratories in East Hartford and West Hartford, Conn., has been accused of bilking the federal Medicaid program more than $1 million, according to a news release by the State of Connecticut Division…