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Two lawsuits have been filed against various healthcare providers in New York who allegedly falsely claimed physician-ownership status of their medical practices in order to receive payments under the no-fault law of New York, according to an Allstate news release.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be allocating $9 million in grants to more than 50 Senior Medicare Patrol programs aimed to fight Medicare fraud, according to a CMS news release.

The value of surgery centers to residents in and around Yakima, Wash., is highlighted in a report by the Yakima Herald-Republic.

SpineSearch, which provides recruitment and educational services for spine professionals, has launched its new website at www.spine-search.com.

Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Mo., has broken ground on a $10 million expansion project which includes a new surgery center, according to a report by KTVO 3's HeartlandConnection.com.

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National Surgical Care has announced it has entered into new credit facilities which will be used for acquisitions and to retire its current debt obligation.

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), MD, will introduce a bill with Illinois Representative Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) to Congress that aims to combat waste in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a news release by Senator Coburn.

Wright Medical Technology, based in Arlington, Tenn., has agreed to pay $7.9 million to settle allegations that it had engaged in a kickback scheme that induced physicians to use its hip and knee devices, according to Department of Justice news…

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, based in East Hanover, N.J., has agreed to pay $422.5 million to settle allegations that it had illegally marketed its pharmaceutical drug Trileptal, filed false claims and paid illegal kickbacks, according to a Department of Justice news release.