San Ramon, Calif.-based Endoscopic Technologies, which manufactures devices for surgical ablation, agreed to pay a $1.4 million to settle claims that the company took part in false marketing, encouraged false Medicare claims and paid kickbacks to healthcare providers, according to…
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Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a 1,000-page healthcare reform bill, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Joe Roach, CEO of Martinsville (Va.) Memorial Hospital, agrees that U.S. healthcare needs to be reformed, but fears the consequences of a government-run healthcare program, according to a report in the Martinsville Bulletin.
A Superior Court judge ruled not to dismiss a suit between the Portsmouth, N.H.-based Foundation for Seacoast Health and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA over the ownership of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, and the case will now go to trial in September, according…
A U.S. District Court rejected a challenge brought by a group of cardiologists, surgeons and physician-owned entities, which claimed that a change in CMS's self-referral rules could hurt patient care, according to a report in American Medical News.
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Regulators from the California Department of Managed Health Care obtained an order from an administrative judge preventing Raymond and Jean Palombo of Riverside, Calif., from selling HMO and PPO insurance plans in California, according to a report in the Los…
The Tennessee Medical Association is suing Franklin, Tenn.-based Health Research Insights, which was working to take back reimbursements paid to physicians in several states, alleging fraud and asking the state to stop HRI from collecting more money from physicians, according…
Jose Luis Perez of Golden Beach, Fla., and Reinaldo Guerra of Miami have been indicted in a $179 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.
Otis Story, former CEO of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, has settled a lawsuit with the hospital over his dismissal, which he says was orchestrated by another former CEO, Pamela Stephenson, so she could take over the position, according to…
A federal appeals court upheld a district court ruling that Westchester County Health Care Corporation, a public benefit corporation created by the state of New York that operates Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., is immune from unfair competition claims…