The former executive director of a New York-based disabled center is being charged with embezzlement and defrauding $300,000 from Medicaid, according to a Times Union report.
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The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of Louisiana returned over $44 million during the 2009-2010 fiscal year to the state and Medicaid program, according to a news report by WGNO ABC26 News.
A Georgia internist has been sued in a federal complaint for submitting over $2.2 million in false claims to Medicare, according to a news release by U.S. Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates.
As CEO of Executive Solutions for Healthcare in Chandler, Ariz., Linda Peterson is an expert in promoting cost efficiencies for ASCs. At the 2010 ASC Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., she spoke on "Doing More With Less," a pertinent topic…
The U.S. Senate cleared a decisive hurdle toward passage of $16 billion in federal assistance for state Medicaid programs in a 61-38 cloture vote defeating a Republican-led filibuster, according to Kaiser Health News.
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The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee and the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration are urging HHS to phase in a value-based purchasing program for ASCs, rewarding providers and facilities showing high quality performance and achieving quality improvements, according to a…
The ASC Administrator, who reports to the director of operations, will manage and direct the day to day operations of this new free-standing multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center. The center has four ORs/three procedure rooms. It is projected to do approximately…
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue has signed the Medicaid Anti-Kickback law, an initiative to fight fraud, waste and abuse in the state's Medicaid system, according to a news release by the Governor's office.
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A U.S. District Judge has denied the Justice Department's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by the state of Virginia challenging the constitutionality of health insurance coverage mandates that are part of the federal health reform law, according to a report…