Eight prescription drug makers have agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle allegations that they purposefully reported false and inflated drug prices, which serve as the basis for Medicaid reimbursements paid by taxpayers, according to an Iowa Office of the…
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Ronald Poulin, MD, a hematology and oncology specialist in Virginia Beach, Va., was found guilty of 28 counts, which included healthcare fraud, altering records and making false statements, for his role in a $1.2 million scheme to defraud Medicare and…
Oklahoma's new malpractice reforms for physicians went into effect on Nov. 1, according to a release from the Oklahoma Hospital Association.
Initial construction on a 12-bed joint replacement hospital in Indio, Calif., has been halted due to a lawsuit filed by the local full-service hospital, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, according to a report by the Desert Sun.
RetireSafe, which represents 400,000 senior citizen supporters across America, called on the U.S. House of Representatives to stop the proposed rationing of high-quality hospital care to Medicare patients and to turnover proposed limits on physician-owned hospitals, according to a RetireSafe…
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Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called on the state legislature to require greater disclosure of adverse events in hospitals and for fines against hospitals that violate the law, according to a report by the Hartford Courant.
Kenneth Livesay, a former executive of Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp., should be sentenced to jail time for his role in a fraud scheme to "artificially inflate HealthSouth's earnings and to falsely report HealthSouth's financial condition," according to an opinion by…
David Williams, the former owner of People's Choice Surgical Supplies, a Long Island, N.Y., medical supply company, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicaid of more than $1 million,…
A plea hearing has been set for Mark Kabins, MD, of Las Vegas, who is one of three defendants in a federal fraud case of allegations a network of Las Vegas physicians and lawyers conspired to commit healthcare fraud, according…
Adolph Yaniz, MD, of Merrillville, Ind., has been indicted on conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, aiding and abetting in healthcare fraud, taking kickbacks and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, according to a report in the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana.