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A general practitioner from Farmington, Mich., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $9.4 million in restitution for his involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare, according to a news release by the Department of…

A majority of large U.S. employers are moving forward with plans to make changes to their 2011 health care benefit programs in the wake of both health reform and expected large health benefit cost increases next year, according to a…

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved guidelines for implementing new provisions for medical loss ratios under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an NAIC news release. 

A new spine center will open at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C., according to a report by The Macon County News.

Regent Surgical Health has named Ann O'Neill RNC, MBA/HCM, as its new director of clinical operations.

Somerville, N.J.-based Somerset Medical Center, as well as a sleep disorders clinic it runs in Hillsborough, N.J., is being investigated by the Department of Justice for its reimbursement procedures, according to a Statehouse Bureau report.

Here are profiles of 20 ophthalmology-driven ASCs to know.

A recent report by the HHS' Office of Inspector General found that in 2007, Medicare overpaid physicians by an estimated $13.8 million due to incorrect site-of-service codes attached to claims.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee has challenged the conclusions of a study published in Archives of Surgery that attempts to show physicians with ownership in ASCs or specialty hospitals were more likely to provide arthroscopic knee surgery or carpal…

A federal judge has sentenced Kingsley Tochukwu Eze, the owner of Kings Enterprise, a durable medical equipment company located in Quincy, Mass., to five years in prison for his role in a $1.5 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to a…