The former CEO of Parkway Hospital in Queens, N.Y., has pled guilty to bribing former New York State Senator Carl Kruger, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Robert Aquino oversaw Parkway when it was scheduled…
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One of the alleged participants in am embezzlement scheme at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe is a woman currently in a relationship with a congressional candidate, according to a New Mexican report. The Great American Insurance…
Providers excluded from the Medicare Part D Program were allowed to prescribe approximately $15.1 million worth of prescription drugs from calendar year 2006-2008, according to an analysis by the Office of Inspector General.
GE Healthcare has paid $30 million to settle allegations that one of its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act by providing misleading information to Medicare that resulted in overpayments, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Amersham…
Although Massachusetts lawmakers did not made any progress on a proposal to weaken a ban on companies' gifts to physicians this year, the issue is likely to come up next year, according to a Boston Herald report.
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Blue Shield of California has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it improperly dropped policyholders after they became sick and needed expensive treatment, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The settlement ends an investigation into more…
An insurer has filed suit against a former executive at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, N.M., alleging he bilked more than $3 million from the hospital, according to an Associated Press report published in the Houston…
The vice president of corporate services at University Medical Center in Albuquerque has stepped down amid an internal audit that identified possible employee embezzlement, according to an Avalanche-Journal report. Greg Bruce has held the position since 2005, and his resignation…
Recent reviews conducted by the Office of Inspector General revealed Medicare overpayments to two California hospitals: Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage and Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria. According to the review, Eisenhower did not bill Medicare in accordance…
After several weeks of partisan debate between the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, both chambers finally approved a two-month extension of payroll tax breaks and the Medicare sustainable growth rate, according to a Politico report.