The owner and vice president of Wayne County Therapeutic in Livionia, Mich., were convicted by a federal jury Tuesday for their participation in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the United States Department of…
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The Avera Surgery Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., is set to open on July 6, according to a report from KELOLAND TV.
Meridian Surgical Partners, a national ASC development and management company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., seeks an experienced professional to serve as a regional operator overseeing a West Coast territory. Qualified applicants must have at least five years of industry experience.
If the Senate fails to approve $24 billion in enhanced Medicaid funding for the states, cash-strapped state Medicaid programs would likely be forced to cut funding to hospitals, physicians and other providers next year, according to a report by Crain's…
A federal grand jury has charged Anthony Francis Valdez, MD, with carrying out an estimated $41 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to a report by KFOXTV.com.
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With the 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut now in effect and no clear idea when Congress would fix it, recent surveys by national and state medical societies show more physicians have been limiting their numbers of Medicare patients, according…
Barry E. Roper, MD, MBA, FACS, an ophthalmologist at Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Vir., has been named the president of the Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, according to a press release.
Houston-area residents Kate Ose Olear and John Edward Perry III, MD, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a report by the Courier.
The Senate on Friday passed a six-month fee fix, retroactive to June 1, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated the House would not pass the bill because it lacks enhanced funding for the unemployed, according to a report by…
An Associated Press poll in May found 45 percent of Americans supported the healthcare reform law and 42 percent opposed it, up from 39 percent supporting and 46 percent opposing the law in an AP poll in late March.