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From October 2009 through the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, the Medicare Recovery Audit program has collected a total of $1.27 billion in overpayments, according to a CMS fact sheet (pdf).

A federal judge has approved the distribution of roughly $200 million in settlement payments from health insurer UnitedHealth Group to physicians from a 2009 class-action lawsuit stemming from low reimbursements of out-of-network services, according to an American Medical Association news…

In response to a potential ballot measure to cap the pay of executives at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital, the administration has said the executive compensation is on par with industry standards, according to a San Jose Mercury News…

Hospitals and physician practices in Massachusetts and New Jersey with electronic health record systems are starting to see green, as the states recently distributed a combined $54.6 million in federal Medicaid funds for those investing in EHRs.

Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System has lost a total of $55.9 million through the first six months of its 2012 fiscal year, compared with a profit of $2.1 million for last year's July through December period, according to WPAHS'…

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