The Recovery Audit Contractor for Region D has begun medical necessity reviews for 10 types of inpatient hospital conditions, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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Title: 7 Secrets to Sustainable Savings Through Standardized Clinical EngineeringDate: Tuesday, October 12, 2010Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. CST
James Leavitt, MD, president of Galloway Endoscopy Center in Miami, shares three of the facility's best practices for cutting its supply costs.
Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, and colleagues listed 10 ways they believe the healthcare reform law would reshape the practice of medicine in an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Haldor Advanced Technologies’ ORLocate, which tracks instruments and sponges during surgical procedures, has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration, according to a Haldor Advanced Technologies news release.
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Cassandra Speier, senior vice president of operations for NovaMed in Chicago, has been working with ASCs for much of her career. At NovaMed, she oversees operations and management of NovaMed's multi-specialty surgery centers, a responsibility that gives her great insight…
Here are 10 of the largest, recent fraud and abuse, Stark Act and anti-kickback violation settlements in 2010, listed in order of highest settlement amount. Click on the name of the organization or individual to learn more about their case…
Peter Anthony Ferrulli, a speech pathologist who owned and operated Spectrum Therapeutic Services in Wysox, Pa., has been charged with submitting more than $366,000 in false claims, according to a news release by Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.
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John Costino, DO, a North Wildwood, N.J.-based sports medicine and family practice physician, and his wife Barbara Costino were indicted on three counts of healthcare fraud, according to a Press of Atlantic City report.