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LaClaro, an ASC technology company, has announced the launch of Lighthouse, a web-based workflow management, oversight reporting tool and analytic suite for ASC managers.

Congress is on its way to granting President Obama's request for a record $1.7 billion to stamp out healthcare fraud, with $116 million of that to go toward expanding Medicare strike forces, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Congressional investigators report it takes approximately six months for fraud busters hired by Medicare to report cases to law enforcement, according to a USA Today report.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the proposed 2011 update), including rules implementing key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended…

Mercy Health System, based in Conshohocken, Pa., has agreed to pay Medicare $7.9 million for overbilling the healthcare program, according to a report by The Times Herald.

A woman who managed two Florida surgery centers pleaded guilty to stealing more than $27,000 from the facilities, according to a Tampa Tribune article.

The owner of a New Jersey home health care agency and his wife pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid out of $800,000, according to a news release by the New Jersey Attorney General.

A former employee of Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay restitution for bribery, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek article.

A recent report by the Government Accountability Office found that CMS has been inconsistent in reviewing states' Medicaid rates to ensure they are compliant and actuarially sound.

AmkaiSolutions has announced the hiring of Linda Wilhelm as its new vice president of marketing.