Radiologist Jack L. Baker, MD, has agreed to pay the United States $650,000 to resolve claims that he paid kickbacks to physicians to induce referrals to Fairmont Diagnostic Center and Open MRI, an imaging center he owned and operated in…
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Massachusetts' new healthcare law is changing the way medical malpractice lawsuits are handled in an effort to bring down healthcare costs — a strategy hailed by the state's major physician and attorney groups alike.
A radiology group has sued St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, Mont., claiming it abused its "monopoly power" by refusing to let the group practice at the hospital, according to a Billings Gazette report.
A recent review from the Office of Inspector General (pdf) found that CMS overpaid $4.6 million for Medicare Part B prescription drugs in the second quarter of its fiscal year, but under a proposed drug price substitution policy, CMS could…
Some Kentucky physicians say tougher prescription drug standards may force them to choose between appropriately treating a patient and abiding by regulations, according to The Associated Press.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney named Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as vice presidential nominee last week. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, Mr. Ryan is heavily involved in fiscal policy and has outlined plans to address the growing costs…
Nashville, Tenn.-based CareAll Management — a home healthcare agency — has agreed to pay the government $9.375 million to resolve allegations that it overbilled Medicare.
CMS is seeking comment on a proposed ICD-10 industry readiness assessment (pdf), which will be used to understand each sector's progress toward ICD-10 compliance.
Mammogram rates in Massachusetts have not changed despite the state's 2006 health insurance reform to spur preventive healthcare, according to a new study published in Cancer.
A whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Florida Hospital Orlando employee and staff physician claims seven Adventist Health hospitals in Florida overbilled the government for tens of millions of dollars, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.