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AmSurg Corp. has announced its financial results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2009, reporting an increase in revenues of 11 percent, from $150.7 million in the third quarter of 2008 to $167.9 million, according to an AmSurg release.

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A bill to fix the automatic Medicare pay cut for physicians failed by a vote of 47-53 in the Senate, well short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, according to a report by the Hill.

Twenty defendants, most of them Los Angeles residents, have been charged in seven cases for allegedly participating in Medicare fraud schemes involving durable medical equipment that resulted in more than $26 million in fraudulent bills to the Medicare program, according…

Six Houston area residents have been charged for their involvement in healthcare fraud schemes, which resulted in false claims being submitted to Medicare, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reopened bids for durable medical equipment suppliers in a "round-one rebid" for its competitive bidding program for DME, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, according to a report by AHANews.

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