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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plan will pay $137.5 million to the federal government and nine states to settle four lawsuits alleging the payor violated the False Claims Act.
The following states experienced the most Medicaid fraud investigations and convictions during fiscal year 2011. The following data was reported to the Office of Inspector General by the 50 State Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
Though CMS recently increased its original anesthesia conversion factors for 2012, physician groups must determine if it is in their best interest to reprocess the limited number of claims made prior to the corrected rate, according to a report from…
Bundled payments are making waves throughout the hospital and healthcare industry for several reasons. Sure, they are innovative, collaborative and require new methods of strategic planning. However, perhaps the biggest reason executives are paying attention to bundled payments is because,…
Total compensation for Trevor Fetter, president and CEO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, dropped 12 percent from 2010 to $10.74 million in 2011, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mark Krieger became vice president and CFO of St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital in 2004, but it was a line of bakery companies that gave him his professional financial foundation.
Los Angeles-based Madison Health Insurance Services announced it is actively seeking reinsurance placements for CMS approved ACOs across the country.