Allstate Insurance Co. is suing more than a dozen California physicians and chiropractors for filing claims while posing as medical groups, according to a report by KMJNOW.
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New Jersey physician Magdy Elamir, MD, was indicted for healthcare fraud and writing unnecessary prescriptions, according to a report by NorthJersey.com, the online edition of The Record.
A federal judge has signed an order stating Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, S.C., must pay the U.S. government more than $49.4 million for violating the Stark Act, according to a report by the Sumter Item.
Here are seven statistics on oral and maxillofacial surgeon compensation from May 2009 figures, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-2011 Edition.
Jorge J. Dieppa, MD, a general practitioner, along with about 24 other suspects in Florida, was charged with healthcare fraud as a part of a federal crackdown that charged 94 people in five cities with plotting to defraud Medicare of…
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Federal enforcement charged 94 people across five cities for healthcare fraud that amounted to $251 million, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
As the president and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates and chair of the recently launched ASC Advocacy Committee, Andrew Hayek is in a good position to comment on the challenges facing surgery centers. In a July release from the ASC…
Steven L. Robinson, MD, FACS, a board member at Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center, a six-OR multispecialty ASC in Columbus, Ohio, comments on four of his top concerns. Dr. Robinson is a board-certified plastic surgeon. His ASC, which has more than…
Eye Centers of Florida has added Rodney J. Smith, OD, MBA, FAAO, FCOVD, to its team of physicians, according to a Naples Daily News report.
Indiana is initiating a new way of cracking down on healthcare fraud by requiring that all state employees present birth certificates, marriage licenses and tax returns by the end of July to prove their families are legally eligible for health…