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Surgical Notes has announced the purchase of a commercial building in Englewood, Col., to headquarter its expanding coding services line.

Ray Kirt of Franklin, La., and Peggy Wiggins Mingo of Morgan City, La., have been charged by a federal grand jury for their roles in a Baton Rouge, La.-based Medicare fraud scheme, according to a report by Advocate News.

Massachusetts officials plan to clamp down on proposals for new medical construction and technology in an effort to control the nation's highest healthcare costs, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

If the U.S. Congress doesn't decide to extend extra Medicaid funding for the states in the next two weeks, the North Carolina legislature will make large cuts in its Medicaid spending, according to a report by WRAL.

The CMS Office of Legislation has released a document explaining some basic facts about accountable care organizations, new umbrella groups of providers to receive extra payments for coordinating inpatient and outpatient care under health reform.

Returning from a 10-day break today, Congress will have a difficult time passing a physician fee-fix and other pressing spending measures because of the public's growing uneasiness about the federal deficit, according to a report by the Spokane Spokesman-Review.

Four alternatives to malpractice lawsuits could be tested using $50 million in funds from the health reform law and $25 million from an earlier initiative, according to a report by American Medical News.

New Orleans-based orthopedic surgeon Windsor Dennis, MD, has been sentenced to one year of home confinement and ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution for defrauding the federal workers' compensation program, according to a report by WXVT News.

Three New York City ambulance companies — Metropolitan Ambulance & First Aid (now known as SEZ Metro Corp), Metro North Ambulance (now known as SEZ North Corp.) and Big Apple Ambulance Service — have paid the United States $2.85 million…

John Cleary, a former employee of Boston-based Partners Healthcare, was sentenced to one year in prison and one year probation for his role in accepting kickbacks from a software vendor in exchange for contracts with the health system, according to…