Virginia-based Carilion Clinic has offered to sell two outpatient centers it acquired last year following an antitrust complaint by the Federal Trade Commission stating that the acquisition eliminated Carilion's competition in the area, according to a report by the Roanoke…

Sue Nanda of Costa Mesa, Calif., was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to recruiting patients for unnecessary cosmetic surgeries as part of a $154 million insurance fraud scheme, according to a report in The Orange County…

Cathleen M. Rohling, COO of GastroIntestinal Associates in Wausau, Wis., says of tort reform, "Set national caps on damages similar to those in states like Wisconsin that have injured patient programs in place. This equalizes medical malpractice exposures across the…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its final rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system for the fiscal year 2010, which includes an average 1.6 percent increase in inpatient payments, according to a report…

Thirty-two people have been indicted for their roles in schemes to submit more than $16 million in false Medicare claims, according to a news release by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Federal Trade Commission has delayed enforcement of the "Red Flags" Rule until Nov. 1 and will provide additional guidance in order to help small businesses and other entities, such as surgery centers, hospitals and physician practices, that serve as…

Two members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee are attempting to remove language from a bill that would protect in-office imaging from self-referral laws, according to an American Urological Association news alert.

Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center and its parent Tulare District Healthcare System have agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging they provided kickbacks to physicians in return for referrals, according to a report in The Fresno…

Denis Cortese, MD, president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, has said that a public healthcare plan based upon Medicare will not be successful and called the Medicare model a "catastrophe," according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Health…

Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center has filed a federal law suit against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, alleging the insurer of "intimidating" patients into leaving the hospital to avoid high medical bills, according to a report in The…