Wisconsin Sen. Frank Lasee is proposing an amendment to the state constitution that he says could restore consumers' ability to opt out of the individual mandate once it goes into effect, according to a WUWM report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Kent Skogerson, MD, former medical director of surgical services at Kern Valley Healthcare District in Lake Isabella, Calif., has filed a wrongful termination suit against the health system after his professional service agreement contract with the hospital was terminated, according…
Conservative activists and healthcare experts, who anticipate a GOP takeover of the White House and Senate, are forming an alternative plan to President Obama's healthcare reform law in preparation for a full repeal, according to an LA Times report.
The district attorney of Texas’ Harris County has repeatedly complained to federal Medicare officials about fraud involving private ambulances, only to have her concerns ignored for more than two years, according to a Houston Chronicle report. DA Pat Lykos says…
After conducting an investigation, the Associated Press claims officials fighting Medicare fraud regularly suspend providers only to “quickly reinstate them after appeals hearings that government employees don’t even attend,” according to an AP report from ABC News. These speedy reinstatements…
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A Lawrence County grand jury has indicted anesthesiologist Lee Adam Balaklaw, MD, of allegedly intentionally or wantonly submitting fraudulent or false claims to Medicaid totaling $90,000 for 29 patients, according to a WSAZ report. Read the full report in Becker’s…
Senate Finance Republicans Submit Recommendations for Medicare, Medicaid to Debt Reduction Committee
A group of Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee has submitted recommendations for Medicare and Medicaid cuts to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Here are the 50 states with the number of Medicaid fraud investigations from fiscal year 2010. Information is from the Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and is based on Medicaid Fraud Control Units. Investigations are…
A recent report by advocacy group Public Citizen suggests that medical malpractice liability caps may not reduce healthcare costs and may decrease access to healthcare services, according to a news release by the group.
Atlanta physician Robert Williams, MD, has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison after he admitted to filing more than $2 million in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims, according to a news report. Read more at…