Saginaw-based St. Mary's of Michigan will pay the government $3.49 million after disclosing its billing for chemotherapy treatments at a Huron Medical Center clinic did not comply with Medicare and Medicaid requirements, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
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Cash-strapped states are coming together, forming a "loose confederacy" to discourage the deficit reduction supercommittee from recommending any Medicaid cuts, according to a Reuters report.
A patient has filed a lawsuit against Saint Joseph – London (Ky.) for allegedly performing medically unnecessary heart surgeries, according to a WHAS11 report.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official announced on Tuesday that CMS is developing a proposed rule to remove “obsolete or burdensome requirements” from the agency’s regulatory structure, a move that could impact anesthesiology, according to an ASA…
Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the supercommittee, to consider their proposal that would cut Medicare spending by more than $500 billion over 10 years, according…
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Hill-Rom Company, a national supplier of durable medical equipment based in Batesville, Ind., has agreed to pay $41.8 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.…
Steven H. Stern, MD, and his practice, Kentuckiana Center for Better Bone and Joint Health in Louisville, Ky., have agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle claims of Medicare overbilling, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.…
Kentucky Senator Tim Shaughnessy said physicians at University of Louisville’s medical school used nearly $4.8 million in state Medicaid funds to give themselves bonuses, according to a Courier Journal report. University of Louisville and its University Hospital and University Physicians…
Ten New Hampshire hospitals are suing the state, claiming it is violating the federal Medicaid Act by providing inadequate reimbursement and reducing healthcare access for the poor, but the state attorney general recently said the hospitals do not have the…
Two hospitals within New York’s Catholic Health Services of Long Island system have agreed to pay a total of $2.6 million for physician contracts that did not comply with federal regulations, according to a Long Island Business News report. The…