Florida gubernatorial candidate and former Columbia/HCA CEO Rick Scott claims he would have stopped the hospital company from committing healthcare fraud that violated federal anti-kickback law if he had been aware of it, despite annual reports showing he was, in…
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SourceMedical has announced the launching of the Advanced Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solution, a revenue cycle management tool that can help to automate the claims management process for ASCs.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCullom is investigating 18 hospitals throughout the state for improper Medicaid billing of emergency services, according to a Miami Herald report.
Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, W.V., has opened its new $8 million ASC, according a report from The Register-Herald.
Here are 14 statistics on net revenue and gross charges for ASC orthopedic cases, based on a 2009 analysis of 174 licensed freestanding ASCs, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
"MedWatcher," a new iPhone application developed by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston (Mass.) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, allows users to track the latest drug safety updates and alerts from the Food and Drug Administration, according…
Two West Virginia internists have been sentenced to one year and one day of prison time after admitting to their involvement in a pill mill operating out of Justice Medical Complex in Kermit, W.V., according to a Herald-Dispatch report.
Sleep Solutions, a diagnostic services provider based in Glen Burnie, Md., has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle false claims allegations, according to a report by The Capital.
A Los Angeles internist has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to his involvement in a $15 million healthcare fraud scheme. He also faces the possibility of losing his medical license, according to an Orange County…
Countering claims by business groups, two new independent studies conclude the healthcare reform law would help a large number of small businesses, including physicians' offices, according to a report by the American Medical News.
