NY surgeon must pay $388,000 in Medicaid fraud

NY surgeon must pay $388,000 in Medicaid fraud

A respected New York spine surgeon is being ordered to pay the government almost $400,000 to settle charges he overbilled Medicare. Federal Justice Department officials said Wednesday that Richard S.

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Medicaid Enrollment: June 2012 Data Snapshot

In June 2012, Medicaid enrollment reached 54.1 million as high unemployment and falling incomes led many families to turn to Medicaid for coverage. However, as economic conditions improved, enrollment growth

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Should rural hospitals close to save Medicare money?

Here’s a thought experiment on why it’s so hard to save money in Medicare: The Inspector General’s office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week issued

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How Medicare Covers Ambulance Services

If you have Original Medicare, your Part B (medical insurance) covers ambulance services to or from a hospital, critical-access hospital or skilled nursing facility only when other transportation could endanger

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Make Sense of Medicare

Once you turn 65, Medicare pays the bulk of your medical expenses. But Medicare has its own lingo, and sometimes it can be tough to translate. Medicare also has its

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Drug swap drives down costs

Therapeutic drug substitutions have the potential to double or even triple annual cost savings compared with savings achieved with generic substitutions, according to O. Kenrik Duru and colleagues from the

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Making Medical Tourism Work

BELTRAIDE is determined to make medical tourism a reality in Belize as soon as possible. They completed a strategy a year ago, and now they are trying to fill in

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Paying Doctor Bills Just Got A Little Easier

Since I’m the payor for my family medical bills and stuck with the paperwork, I thought I’d give it a try and see how it works in combination with the

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How Will the Health-Care Law Affect Small Businesses?

Providing health care for their employees is a high priority for women business owners, and for many years over 40% of women-owned businesses offered health-care benefits. However, as insurance premiums

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