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With nearly 15 years of experience as a healthcare executive — first as CEO and CFO of a healthcare IT company and later as CEO of Meridian Surgical Partners, David "Buddy" Bacon, CPA, understands why healthcare facilities succeed and fail.…

A Houston, Texas woman was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and ordered to pay $1.46 million in restitution to Medicare for her involvement in healthcare fraud, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.

The House of Representatives has passed new legislation that would clarify and improve programs related to the Veterans', Seniors and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act, according to report by AHA News Now.

It's no wonder leaders in the health community, such as Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, are joining together in Miami for the nation's first healthcare fraud summit: The scope of healthcare fraud is…

As vice president of business development for Health Inventures, Christian Ellison has formed numerous physician/hospital joint-venture partnerships and has helped the company increase business domestically and internationally.

Princeton (Ind.) Surgery Center has been named in a False Claims lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing practices, according to the Princeton Daily Clarion.

Three Detroit-area residents face legal trouble pertaining to healthcare fraud for their roles in separate fraud schemes, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced yesterday that she will introduce new legislation to protect New York taxpayers from healthcare fraud that has cost them almost $5 billion a year, according to a news release from the senator.

Ali Makki, MD, a physician from Dearborn, Mich., has pleaded guilty to three separate felony charges, including healthcare fraud, falsifying documents and failing to correctly report income, according to a report by Crain's Detroit Business.

Ohio's Summa Foundation has received a $1 million donation to establish the Robert F. Kepley M.D. Orthopaedic Fellowship, which will support orthopedic research, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.