The Senate Democrats' health reform bill has passed the first of three votes needed for final approval of the legislation, with the final vote expected on Christmas Eve, according to a report by the New York Times.
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An extension on the deadline from Feb. 1, 2010, to Aug. 1, 2010, for a proposed ban on physician-owned hospitals was included in "Manager's Amendment" to the Senate health reform bill just before it went to a vote, according to…
Ehigiator O. Akhigbe, MD, of Silver Spring, Md., was convicted on charges he overcharged the Washington, D.C., Medicaid program $133,000 for office visits and surgeries he never performed, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Terrence Hicks of Jackson, Mich., and Muhammed Al Mahdi and John Saunders, both of Detroit, pleaded guilty for their roles in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has introduced an amendment to the Senate's healthcare reform bill that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a report by the Denver Business Journal.
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As the Senate debates on a proposed ban on physician-owned hospitals comes down to the wire, the Physician Hospitals of America has switched to a more focused campaign that seeks to push back the ban to 2014 and soften restrictions…
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed its ruling on a case regarding the constitutionality of a medical malpractice damages cap, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Three New York City home health agencies have agreed to pay a total of $24 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to the New York Medicaid and Medicare programs, according to a news release by the U.S.…
The House of Representatives has voted to postpone scheduled Medicare payment cuts until March 1 of next year, but it's unlikely that the Senate will pass its version of the bill before the cuts go into effect on Jan. 1,…
The Independent Medicare Advisory Board, a more powerful version of MedPAC envisioned in the health reform bills, would have even greater powers under a new amendment sponsored by three senators, according to a release by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), one…