Urban Treatment Center, a methadone clinic in Camden, N.J., is accused of improperly billing U.S. and New Jersey Medicaid for $906,910, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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UnitedHealthcare will require all network physicians and other healthcare providers, facilities and ancillary providers to participate in its Commercial Radiology Notification Program, effective Feb. 15, 2010, according to a report from the American Academy of Professional Coders.
An increasing trend among orthopedic physicians is employment by a hospital or hospital group. If a practice is bought or affiliated with a specific hospital or hospital system, surgeons may be required to perform surgeries at more than one hospital…
William Holley, MD, a podiatrist based in Buffalo, N.Y., was indicted on 28 charges of healthcare fraud, alleging the physician submitted numerous fraudulent charges to federal and state health insurers, according to a report in The Buffalo News.
New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released audits that found the state Medicaid program lost at least $92 million due to improper payments, billing errors and poor record keeping, according to a report in the New York Times.
Medtronic has announced the U.S. launch of the SOVEREIGN Spinal System, an intervertebral body fusion device used to treat patients who suffer from a degenerative condition that affects the lumbar spine, according to a Medtronic news release.
Medtronic has announced the U.S. launch of the SOVEREIGN Spinal System, an intervertebral body fusion device used to treat patients who suffer from a degenerative condition that affects the lumbar spine, according to a Medtronic news release.
Officials in some 20 states with already expanded healthcare coverage are arguing that the health reform bill just passed by the Senate would unfairly penalize them for their expansions, according to a report by the New York Times.
The usual year-end demand for elective surgeries and medical tests is being exacerbated by demand from the growing numbers of patients with high-deductible health plans, according to a report by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Three X-ray technicians at Princeton (N.J.) Regional Orthopedics who were exposed to harmful chemicals caused by improperly installed X-ray equipment have been awarded a collective $2.8 million in their suit against A. Walsh Imaging, the company that installed the equipment,…