A New Jersey pharmacy has been ordered to serve one year of probation and pay $730,000 in restitution for overbilling health insurers for brand-name drugs when it actually sold generic brands, according to a report by Asbury Park Press.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office has until Sept. 30 to decide if it will intervene in a False Claims lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing practices by an Indiana ASC, hospital and local physicians, according to an Evansville Courier & Press report.
Proponents for North Carolina-based Community Care say the care management model could improve Medicaid care, according to an article by American Medical News.
Steven Geringer has served as chairman of the board of AmSurg in Nashville, Tenn., since June 2009, when he succeeded Tom Cigarran, who had served as chairman for 17 years before becoming an AmSurg director.
An article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the decline of patient visits to physicians' offices and overall use of medical services.
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A Wisconsin-area registered nurse has been charged for allegedly filing approximately $70,000 in false Medicaid claims in 2007 and 2009, according to a Sheboygan Press report.
A Miami-area ex-couple who founded and operated the fraudulent HIV/AIDS infusion clinic Tendercare Medical Center were sentenced for their roles in a $5.8 million scheme to defraud Medicare, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
Five Miami residents in connection to several Miami-area home healthcare companies pleaded guilty to various healthcare fraud charges, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
The owner and operator of Miami-based Courtesy Medical Group pleaded guilty to committing Medicare fraud, including paying kickbacks, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
ASCs offer employees advantages that they could not find in the surgery department in the hospital, says Greg Zoch, a managing director at Kaye/Bassman, an executive search firm for ASCs and other companies. Here he lists five key differences between ASCs…