A cardiologist who chairs Havasu (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center's quality management committee, will pay the federal government $395,000 to resolve claims that his practice submitted false bills to Medicare, according to a report by AZCentral.com.
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The Obama administration has given one-year waivers from new rules in the healthcare reform law to about 30 insurance plans, including McDonald's, which had previously threatened to shut down its coverage, according to a report by the New York Times.
Rand Paul, MD, the GOP candidate for the U.S. Senator from Kentucky, said Medicaid costs need to be cut back or there will be "intergenerational warfare" because he says it will be younger Americans who have to foot the bill,…
Navigant has announced that is has acquired EthosPartners Healthcare Management Group, a national healthcare consulting firm, for $37 million, according to a Navigant news release.
The Office of Inspector General has released its Work Plan, which outlines what activities that will be started or continued with respect to programs and operations under the Department of Health & Human Services in fiscal year 2011, according to…
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The Physicians Care Surgical Hospital will be the last physician-owned hospital to open in Pennsylvania and one of the last in the country, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, a commission that will advise Congress on Medicaid, has started examining managed care plans' role in Medicaid and looking to better coordinate care for people eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, according to…
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' recent remarks on possibly unjustified insurance rate increases seem to be "an effort to intimidate" insurers, according to a release from Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Senate yesterday rejected a Republican bill to repeal the "grandfather" clause in the healthcare reform law, according to a Baltimore Business Journal report.
Four Republican Senators are asking the CMS actuary for the data behind his findings that enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans would shrink due to funding cuts under healthcare reform, according to a report by the Hill.