Thursday, August 15, 2013

La. ranks #1 in recovered Medicaid fraud money

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Baton Rouge, La. - State health officials said recent figures show Louisiana led the nation in recovered Medicaid fraud funds last year. ...

Medicare Fraud Horror: Cancer Doctor Indicted for Billing Unnecessary Chemo

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Michigan oncologist Farid Fata allegedly squeezed profits out of patients by prescribing unneeded treatments and inventing diagnoses U...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Contest Seeks Innovations To Benefit Aging Population

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Ecumen and Mojo Minnesota have teamed up to launch an international contest that seeks innovative products and services to benefit the ...

Wisconsin's med tech community: Driving a brain gain in health care innovation

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As home to some of the nation's leading medical imaging and technology companies, Wisconsin is a leader in health care technology, res...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Watchdog group: Overall, N.Y. hospital services improving

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By Patti Singer Gannett ROCHESTER, N.Y. --  Hospitals in New York have improved the quality of many of their services over the past se...

Dr. Farid Fata Charged In $35 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Violating a patient’s trust and placing them at risk through fraudulent abuse of our nation’s health care system is deplorable and a crim...

U.S. government fines more than 50 Oklahoma hospitals for Medicare patient readmissions

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By ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor  on Aug 10, 2013, at 2:22 AM   Updated on 8/10/13 at 4:15 AM More than 50 Oklahoma hospitals,...

In South Florida, reducing hospital readmissions key to reform

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    SOUTH FLORIDA READMISSIONS CAN BE COSTLY FOR HOSPITALS • 30 hospitals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties will be penal...

Medicare penalties hit hospitals in Roanoke, New River Valleys

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HOSPITAL READMISSION PENALTIES The Affordable Care Act imposes reductions in Medicare reimbursements to hospitals with too many patien...