An employee of Blountstown, Fla.-based Calhoun Liberty Hospital has been accused of conspiring with his peer to take out life insurance policies on a patient of the hospital, according to a News Herald report.
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The whistleblower in a case against Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans is petitioning to bar Florida's Attorney General Bill McCollum from participating in the multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud settlement, according to a BusinessWeek news report.
Merck, a pharmaceutical company based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., has announced it will appeal a federal verdict that found the company liable to pay $4.6 million for allegedly overcharging Massachusetts Medicaid, according to a company news release.
The Florida Board of Medicine handed down penalties to six physicians for fraudulently prescribing controlled substances to patients, according to a St. Petersburg Times news report.
1. While ACOs have been promoted as part of the Healthcare Reform Act for Medicare patients, and pilot programs are being established, the real movement with ACOs seems to be with commercial payors at the moment. Further, the acceleration of…
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A family practitioner from New Orleans and the owner of a Baker, La.-based medical equipment company have pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit more than $775,000 fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to a news report from The Advertiser.
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