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News'Medical mill' billing scams on the rise
Excessive billing and treatment by fraudulent 'medical mills' has jumped a whopping 42 percent in New York, resulting in increased insurance rates, according to the New York Alliance Against Read more...
Hospital's star doctor accused of implanting stents unnecessarily
One of Maryland's top cardiac-care hospitals is in hot water after an internal review prompted by a federal investigation determined that hundreds of patients had unnecessary coronary stents Read more...
Former Cedars-Sinai employee allegedly stole records, committed fraud
Once again a Los Angeles hospital is having trouble keeping its medical records private, but this time it's a much more drastic case. Now, a former employee from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Read more...
CA hospitals raided on fraud charges
Three hospitals in the Los Angeles area are facing lurid charges that they recruited homeless people on the city's skid row and subjected them to unnecessary tests and procedures in an effort to Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealthPort Launches Release of Information 101 Blog During AHIMA 2010Information Centered on Release of Information and Why It Matters to Healthcare Providers ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HealthPort, an industry leader in health information technology and Read more >> ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES THE ARRESTS OF EIGHT SUSPECTS IN NO-FAULT INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEMENEW YORK, NY (September 8, 2010) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced criminal charges against seven medical professionals and a clinic receptionist for their roles in a fraudulent Read more >> Medical Mills Help Drive Up Insurance Rates in New York, Questionable Claims for Excessive Treatment on the RiseALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Excessive billings by medical mills, fraudulent companies that provide few if any real health care services to the public, are a key factor in Read more >> FICO and Emdeon to Jointly Attack $200 Billion Problem of Health Insurance Fraud, Waste and AbuseAlliance aimed at dramatically reducing losses by extending benefit of FICO fraud analytics to healthcare transactions processed by Emdeon MINNEAPOLIS & NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FICO Read more >> |
