The HHS Office of Inspector General expects to recover of more than $2.4 billion for healthcare fraud, waste and abuse in the first half of fiscal year 2009, according to an OIG release.
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Virginia-based Carilion Clinic has offered to sell two outpatient centers it acquired last year following an antitrust complaint by the Federal Trade Commission stating that the acquisition eliminated Carilion's competition in the area, according to a report by the Roanoke…
Sue Nanda of Costa Mesa, Calif., was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to recruiting patients for unnecessary cosmetic surgeries as part of a $154 million insurance fraud scheme, according to a report in The Orange County…
A recent, controversial study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that vertebroplasty, a procedure commonly used to treat painful, osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in which cement is used to fill the cracks, is no more effective than…
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Twin Cities Orthopedics, an independent physicians group, is building a new clinic in Edina, Minn., to consolidate three locations in the surrounding area, according to a report in Finance and Commerce.
Max Baucus (D-Mont.). Sen. Baucus is the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and has been vocal on many issues concerning healthcare, including developing healthcare reform, protecting Social Security and Medicare and expanding healthcare programs. Born and raised in Montana,…
A new bill to expand outreach to potential orthopedic patients, coordinate orthopedic research and improve monitoring of childhood musculoskeletal diseases was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate after introduction in the House, according to the AAOS.
The Orthopedic Center of Illinois, a group practice in Springfield, will open a new $13 million office to replace its old facility on Sept. 1, according to the State Journal Register.
Bossier Specialty Hospital, a 12-bed facility focusing on orthopedic procedures in Bossier City, La., will close on Aug. 15, according to the Shreveport (La.) Times.