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Miami physician Ronald Harris, MD, and Miami resident Mariela Rodriguez have each pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program of $37 million using faulty HIV infusion clinics, according to Actin...
A final report released this week by the inspector general's office of the Department of Health and Human Services has found evidence that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services underestimated...
WASHINGTON – Thirty states will share more than $49 million in grants awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services to support their high-risk pools.More than 200,000 individua...
EAGAN, MN – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is waiving co-pays for members who use retail health clinics. “Part of the initiative is to optimize care delivery and keep pre...
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Small practices are expected to benefit from two free Web-based dashboards that enable physicians and group practices to compare themselves to national norms.The...
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kerry D-Mass and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced the Empowered at Home Act with the intent of increasing access to home- and community-based services....
WASHINGTON – An organization that sets standards and rules for marketing municipal securities is raising concerns that banks could be violating federal law by linking the purchase of services to...
The number of people without health insurance dropped from 47 million in 2006 to 45.7 million in 2007, according to a new U.S. Census report released on Tuesday. The report also suggested that the num...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a new guide to help technology innovators navigate Medicare coverage, coding and payment requirements. The guide called the &quo...
SEATTLE – Employers trying to get a handle on healthcare costs often find their hands tied by one simple fact of life: You can’t predict the unpredictable. While medical emergenci...