Roosevelt Hairston Jr., the former general counsel and executive vice president of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to four years in prison after he embezzled $1.7 million from the organization, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report. In…
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Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and House Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) led an event for hundreds of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security recipients yesterday to tell the supercommittee that entitlement programs should not be considered…
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) sent her “doc fix” proposal to the Congressional supercomittee yesterday to amend Medicare’s physician payment system, according to a report from The Hill. The proposal would replace a 27.4 percent cut to physician payments, which are…
The supercommittee tasked with identifying at least $1.2 billion in federal cuts before next week is expected to largely leave healthcare reform funding alone, save the possibility of cuts the law's $14 billion public health and prevention fund, according to…
The American Hospitals Association has submitted comments in response to a proposed rule by HHS that would allow patients to directly access their laboratory reports, according to an AHA Now report.
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A whistleblower has accused Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital of intentionally overbilling Medicare by at least $2 million, according to a Palm Beach Post report. In the suit, former hospital employee Jeannette Lavoie claims BRRH administrators purposely used the wrong…
A federal review has found Cleveland Clinic was overpaid approximately $254,000 for 24 Medicare claims from 2008-2009, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General. The report says Cleveland Clinic did not fully comply with Medicare requirements to…
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare lost $7.6 million from its retirement fund for executives due to an investment adviser’s money-laundering scheme, according to an Associated Press report published in The News Leader. Eleven businesses and individuals lost $16.2 million to the…
Fourteen cardiologists have sued their current employer, Renown, claiming the Reno, Nev.-based healthcare network “fraudulently” induced them to sign contracts and used a “bait and switch” scheme to buy their former practice, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal report. The physicians…
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the healthcare reform law that was heard by Atlanta's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the only federal court to strike down the insurance mandate portion of the healthcare reform law,…