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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...
Study: safety net providers protecting bottom lineSafety net providers struggling with an increase in the uninsured are looking for creative ways to shore up their margins, according to a...
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...
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...
Journalists typically aren’t schooled in high-level advanced economic thought. I am certainly no exception to that rule.But after covering the business of healthcare for 25 years, that...
'Paperless' clinical trials could save moneyThe British market analyst Datamonitor claims that life science companies annually spend from $12 million to $17 million on mailings and copies...
The 110th Congress is in its summer recess, and the usual calm before the storm is hovering over Washington. Fall always brings a harvest of legislative activity as lawmakers strive to deliver on prom...
WASHINGTON – Five major California-based payers have settled with the Department of Managed Health Care, the state’s health insurance regulator, over illegal rescissions, but the issue of...
In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to begin using ICD-10 code sets effective Oct. 1, 2011....
According to a new study on healthcare costs, it would take $123 billion dollars, or an additional 5 percent in national health spending, to cover the uninsured.The study, released August 25...