Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Physician Self Referrals May Be Cut By Bill To Narrow Stark

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Submitted by  brad@physiciansnews.com  on October 22, 2013 – 2:16 pm By Neil W. Hoffman and H. Carol Saul The federal physician sel...

Sugar Land physician sentenced to federal prison for diagnostic testing scam

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Submitted U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 1:57 pm Donald Gibson, II, 57, o...

Omnicare agrees to settle kickback case for $120M

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CINCINNATI (AP) —  Omnicare Inc. , the nation's biggest dispenser of prescription drugs in nursing homes, said Wednesday it will pay $...

Pennsylvania Doctors Allowed to Say “I’m Sorry”

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Submitted by   brad@physiciansnews.com   on October 22, 2013 – 8:11 pm By Brad Broker “I’m sorry.” Those are very powerful words,...

Justice Department announces $12 million health-care fraud settlement with mail-order diabetic supply company, owners

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The Justice Department on Tuesday announced a $12 million settlement with a mail-order diabetic supply company and its owners who have ag...

States' Refusal To Expand Medicaid May Leave Millions Uninsured

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Originally published on Wed October 23, 2013 3:47 am By   Julie Rovner Enlarge image Credit  Joe Raedle / Getty Images Pro...

Sugar Land Doctor Gets Prison for $6.9M Medicare Fraud

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A Houston-area physician has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and must repay $6.9 million in a medical scam related...

Navigating The Compliance Maze of Secure Text Messaging in Healthcare

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Understanding the impact of secure text messaging in healthcare and the potential risks of privacy that come into pla...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Ranks Number 1 in the Nation on Five HEDIS Measures

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ROCKVILLE, Md. ,  Oct. 22, 2013  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --  Yolanda "Lonny" Catalan  is a breast cancer survivor. As a Kais...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Trust is the missing innovation factor

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INNOVATE ON PURPOSE OVO INNOVATION'S  BLOG SITE DEDICATED TO IDEAS, CONVERSATIONS AND APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE, REPEATABLE INNOVAT...

Former RI doctor agrees to pay $1.2 million for improper Medicare, Medicaid billings

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Dr. Hafeez Kahn, a former Rhode Island doctor with offices in Smithfield and East Providence, has agreed to pay the go...