A Texas jury found that Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare did not violate antitrust laws in regard to a suit brought forth by six physician-owners of the now defunct Town & Country Hospital, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
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After a three-week trial, a Detroit federal jury convicted Jose Castro-Ramirez, MD on 13 counts in connection with an $18.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the OIG's office.
Republican leaders of the Tennessee legislature would approve the Tennessee Hospital Association's plan to tax hospitals to boost federal Medicaid payments, but only if it is not called a tax, according to a report by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A new draft of the proposed Georgia budget for fiscal year includes a 10.25 percent cut in Medicaid reimbursements for hospitals, which would cost hospitals as much as $144 million, and calls for the elimination of non-profit hospitals' sales tax…
CMS and other federal agencies will expand use of payment recapture audits, currently used by recovery audit contractors, and thereby double the amount of recovered costs previously projected, according to a release by the White House.
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1. Democrats count votes; Attempt to move forward with President Obama's plan. While President Obama has vowed to push forward with comprehensive reform, many Democrats seem to be struggling as to how they can move the President's plan forward. Many…
Melissa Hanks Bordelon, former CFO of Acadian Medical Center in Eunice, La., has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding her employer by embezzling nearly $200,000, according to a report by KLFY News.
Manuel Anthony Puig and his wife Romelia Sanchez Puig, both of Edinburg, Texas, were indicted by a federal grand jury for healthcare fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's…
A new bill proposed in the Florida legislature would give the state's attorney general power to investigate private managed care companies that administer Medicaid, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.
The Senate has voted to pass the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4213), which includes language that would delay the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians until Sept. 30 and would extend through Dec.…