John Allen Thompson, DC , a chiropractor based in Shreveport, La., pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud, avoiding a federal trial at which he would have faced 72 counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to…
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Andrew L. Sokol and Julie B. Weisberg, licensed chiropractors based in Marietta, Ga., were arraigned on charges they submitted millions of dollars of fraudulent insurance claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield and other private insurers for physical therapy services that…
Hanger Orthopedic Group, an orthotic and prosthetic device maker based in Bethesda, Md., has expanded its operations with the $10.7 million acquisition of Creative Orthotics & Prosthetics, Custom Orthopedics of Wyoming and specific orthotic assets from the Hospital of the…
The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, unveiled its new $6-million Institute for Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, according to a report in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Jeremy Reed, DO, a primary care physician specializing in sports medicine, has joined the staff of Ozarks Medical Center Orthopedic Clinic in West Plains, Mo., according to a report in The Baxter Bulletin.
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Kelly Dean Shrum, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist based in Pine Bluff, Ark., has been indicted on charges of healthcare fraud, misbranding and money laundering by a federal grand jury, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Biomet has announced the financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2010 ending Aug. 31, 2009, according to a Biomet news release.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) reported that around 1,040 qui tam cases remain unresolved because the federal government has yet to decide whether to get involved, according to a news release from Sen. Grassley.
A study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that nearly 30 percent of orthopedic surgeons failed to disclose direct financial relationships with medical device makers when instructed to do so.
Debate continued over the decision of the board of trustees of Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette, Wyo., to hire a new orthopedic surgeon, according to a report in the Gillette News-Record.