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A Miami-area resident who owned and operated an HIV infusion clinic pled guilty last week to participating in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.

A company offering Web-based billing management software for small physician practices is looking to boost business with a new infusion of cash.

CarePayment Technologies, Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based provider of financial and patient advocacy services for healthcare providers, has acquired San Francisco-based Vitality Financial, which provides hospital payment solutions to medical providers and patients.

A lower base salary means increased productivity and higher overall compensation for hospitalist physicians, according to a new report.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has once again come down on health insurers, saying she has "zero tolerance" for plans that spread misinformation and unjustifiably hike premiums.

Nearly 200 Illinois hospitals are participating in a project sponsored by the state's hospital association to improve the level of healthcare quality.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare Advantage plans with high quality ratings are clustered in certain states, leaving beneficiaries in a handful of states with few, if any, options for choosing a highly rated plan.

Three healthcare-focused private equity firms have acquired Eagle Hospital Physicians, an Atlanta-based practice management company for hospitalist physician groups.

Workers' compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for U.S. workers injured on the job increased 4.4 percent to $57.6 billion in 2008, according to the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Healthcare spending is projected to reach nearly $4.6 trillion by 2019, growing at an average annual rate of 6.3 percent over the next decade, according to economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.