Janet Johnson-Hunter, MD, of Jacksonville, N.C., pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal material facts in connection with the delivery and payment for healthcare benefits, items and services, according to a report in ENC Today.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced its 2010 Standards, including the addition of a new core chapter and revisions to many existing core and adjunct chapters, according to an AAAHC news release.
Detroit-area residents Baskaran Thangarasan, Sandeep Aggarwal and Wayne Smith have pleaded guilty for their roles in connection with several Detroit-area healthcare fraud schemes, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
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Pain management can be a successful specialty for ASCs looking to add or enhance this line of revenue to their centers. According to the VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker, around 17 percent of surgery centers' total case volume was due to…
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R&V Medical Supplies, LLC, located in Philadelphia, Robert Saul and Sheila Saul were indicted on charges that they allegedly conspired to defraud Medicare and other healthcare benefit programs by submitting more than $1.2 million in fraudulent claims for reimbursement for…
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Orthopedics can be extremely profitable for surgery centers if certain best practices are used to ensure efficient operations and quality care in this service line. Becky Mann, director of Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center in Warner Robins, Ga., and Timothy Kremchek,…
Houston County, Texas, has agreed to provide a tax break to a proposed surgery center in Crockett, Texas, in order to bring expanded medical services and jobs to the county, according to a report by KTRE News.
Here are the average annual salaries for ophthalmologists by region, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2009 AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.