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Chicago hospital seen cutting throats for $160,000 from Medicare
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
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A surgeon at Chicago's Sacred Heart Hospital cut a hole in Earl Nattee's throat on Jan. 3, the day before he died...The medical file contained no explanation of the need for the procedure, called a tracheotomy, according to a state and federal
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Medicare Panel Urges Cuts to Hospital Payments for Services Doctors Offer for Less
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago
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A federal advisory panel said Friday that Congress should move immediately to cut payments to hospitals for many services that can be provided at much lower cost in doctors offices. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission said the current payment
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Hospital chain says federal probe is resolved
National City :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
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The hospital chain that owns San Diego's Alvarado hospital and National City's Paradise Valley says it will pay $275,000 to settle allegations that it broke federal privacy laws by publicizing a patient's confidential hospital records in an effort to
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Medicare spending on end-of-life care higher in LA
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
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Medicare patients in the Los Angeles area spend about 60 percent more than the national average on medical care during the last two years of life. New data shows spending by chronically ill patients is about $112,000 per patient in Los Angeles,
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Prime Healthcare to pay $275,000 to settle privacy allegations
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
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Share Tools Hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services, while not admitting any wrongdoing, has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a federal investigation into alleged violation of patient privacy. Prime Healthcare has 20,000 employees owns or operates
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Trial set for Sunshine Pharmacy owner, mother
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago
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Sunshine Pharmacy co-owner Del Parrish personally fills prescriptions at Sunshine Pharmacy's Rattlesnake-Hammock Road location on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, in Naples. Sunshine Pharmacy owner Del Parrish and his mother, Patricia Parrish are tentatively
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An important step toward cost transparency
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 11 days ago
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid took a step towards answering such questions by publicly releasing how much each of 3000+ U.S. hospitals charged Medicare for 100 common medical issues in 2011 and how much Medicare actually paid them. The
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Bel Aire nurse convicted of fraudulent Medicaid billing of more than $700,000
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | 18 days ago
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A Bel Aire nurse was convicted Friday on multiple charges related to a scheme that included fraudulent Medicaid billing of more than $700,000...District Court of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and eleven counts of health care
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Judge delays hearing on couple charged in $15 million Medicare fraud
Miami :: FL :: USA | 20 days ago
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A Miami judge Wednesday said he would delay a bond hearing for a former actor and his wife accused of submitting $15 million in bogus billings to Medicare...Marrero and his wife, Sandra Fernandez Viera, were granted the delay after they said they
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Calif. man gets prison in Medicare fraud plot
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 25 days ago
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California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics...District Judge Lance Africk on Friday
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