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Wallace P. Berkowitz, MD, an otolaryngologist based in St. Louis, Mo., who was indicted in January on one count of healthcare fraud and 19 counts of making false statements related to healthcare matters, has been acquitted on all charges, according…

Job Description: This position is responsible for the overall administrative leadership and operations of Central Prison Healthcare Complex (CPHC), for the State of North Carolina Division of Prisons. Reports to the Deputy Director for Health Services and works closely with…

Jim Nathan, president of Lee Memorial Health System, a five-hospital public system in Fort Myers, Fla., assesses the challenges facing Don Berwick, MD, the new CMS administrator.

A nurse from Ohio has been charged for overbilling Medicare, Medicaid and other private insurance companies as a part of a fraud scheme with her employer, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

A California pathologist who operated a medical clinic was sentenced to 25 years in prison for writing fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone in exchange for cash, according to a news release by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

An emergency physician from Arkansas pleaded not guilty to charges of using fraudulent prescriptions to buy hydrocodone, according to a KFSM report.

The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance recently approved measures that will allow insurers to assess a penalty of up to 30 percent of eligible charges for Personal Injury Protection plan patients that use out-of-network ASCs.

Q: How is healthcare reform likely to impact the pain management component of my ASC?

The new ban on physician-owned hospitals is not going to stop surgeon-owned facilities from providing overnight recovery for surgery patients, says Ken Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon who co-owns the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center.

Every year, the staff members at Center for Sight in Sarasota, Fla., become angels for local underprivileged children. By collecting toys and presents for children who might otherwise go without, the staff doesn't just give back to the community —…