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Houston physician Howard Grant, MD, and Houston residents Clinton Lee and Obisike Nwankwo were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment, according to a news release by the…

Margaret Childs of Las Vegas was sentenced by a judge to five years of probation and ordered to pay $15,300 in restitution after pleading guilty to failure to maintain adequate records, according to a report by the Las Vegas Sun.

A new AMA survey has found that 17 percent of physicians are limiting the number of Medicare patients in their practices, partly due to the on-and-off-again possibility that their Medicare fees would drop by 21.3 percent, according to a release…

Obama Administration officials are working long hours preparing regulations for the 2,000-page healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Washington Post.

Building a successful ASC requires prospective owners to contribute a great deal more upfront than a healthy dose of wishful thinking. It requires doing the advanced planning necessary to ensure the concept is not just viable, but sustainable.These activities run…

When Medicaid coverage expands under health reform, Kansas' Medicaid spending will initially drop and stay low for three years, due to generous federal support to all states, but then it will rise as that support is withdrawn, according to a…

Five physicians and six others have been indicted by a grand jury for their roles in running an alleged $5 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a report by the KXTV News.

A social worker and two case workers at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar, Calif., are being investigated by Los Angeles County officials in response to allegations that they accepted gifts from nursing home operators in exchange for discharging Medicare…

A federal lawsuit is being filed against the health reform law's ban on new physician-owned hospitals and expansions of existing facilities, according to a release by Physician Hospitals of America, a co-plaintiff.

Rajiv Chopra is a principal and CFO for The C/N Group, a healthcare services company.Q: You have seen an increase in the 'one-stop-shop' model for providing care — organizations looking to provide services for the entire patient experience, from assessment…