The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has released a 170-page report summarizing the findings of its investigation into allegations of unnecessary heart stents performed by Mark Midei, MD, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., according to a Baltimore…
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A Gooding County, Idaho prosecutor will not be filing charges against former CEO of North Canyon Medical Center Earl Fitzpatrick, who was terminated in September over a banking mistake, according to a Times-News Magic Valley report.
The Senate has passed a bill which would exempt physicians from the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
Mario Perciavalle, a former associate director of plant services at Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine in New York has pled guilty to participating in bid rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for maintenance other services performed…
Boston-based Partners HealthCare System has posted a profit of $195 million on operating revenue of $81 billion for its fiscal year 2010, ended Sept. 30, according to a Boston Globe report.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reminding hospitals, physicians and other providers that they must file all Medicare claims for services furnished on or after Jan 1, no later than one year for the date of service, according…
New legislation being drafted by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) would provide a path for states to challenge provisions of the healthcare reform law early in the rule-making process and bring those challenges into the courts, according to a report by…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reported Medicare patients have better access to physicians than private-pay patients, according to a report by The Hill.
The federal deficit commission's plan to cut healthcare and many other expenses from the federal budget won endorsements from 11 of the commission's 18 members, more than expected but three votes shy of the number needed for passage, according to…
Many state insurance departments fail to rigorously review insurance companies' rate hikes, partly due to lack of staff, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.