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NewsNew York Downtown Hospital to pay $13.4M to settle Medicaid fraud, kickback charges
New York Downtown Hospital agreed to pay $13.4 million to settle Medicaid fraud and kickback charges, reports the New York Post yesterday. Downtown Hospital allegedly paid healthcare firm and Read more...
Doctors approved fake patient charts in $200M Medicare fraud plot
Twenty people, including three medical doctors and two PhDs, were indicted in Florida for a mix of healthcare fraud, kickback and money laundering charges that were part of their alleged role in a Read more...
Doctor illegally prescribed steroids to police officers, firefighters
Through word of mouth, a Jersey City doctor became the steroid supplier of choice for hundreds of policemen and firefighters throughout New Jersey in a scam that likely cost taxpayers in the state Read more...
OIG: Part-time employees also exempt from anti-kickback laws
Good news for part-time physician employees: the OIG has given an advisory opinion allowing part-time physicians to be paid for seeing publicly insured patients without violating federal Read more...
Zimmer plans $50M plus compliance program
Orthopedic-device maker Zimmer Holdings is getting serious about compliance with its legal obligations--$50 million to $60 million worth of serious, according to plans outlined in its second-quarter Read more...
CoxHealth to pay $60M to settle with feds
Springfield, MO-based health system CoxHealth has agreed to pay $60 million to resolve a myriad of charges related to its financial relationships with referring physicians and its Medicare billing Read more...
Trend: Regulators pay more attention to implant firm payments to doctors
For years, it's been an accepted practice for hip- and knee-replacement manufacturers to pay surgeons big bucks in the form of royalties, consulting gigs and speaker's fees, sometimes hitting Read more...
Medtronic Spine settles false claims charges for $75M
A subsidiary of Medtronic Spine agreed this week to pay the federal government $75 million to settle allegations that it caused submission of false claims to Medicare by a subsidiary. The allegations Read more...
DoJ joins whistle-blower suit against OH MDs, hospital
The U.S. Department of Justice has added its firepower to a whistle-blower lawsuit contending that a hospital in Cincinnati was rewarding cardiologists who generated the most revenue for the Read more...
Senate questions device maker payments to surgeons
Last year, five makers of orthopedic implants paid more than $221 million to surgeon consultants--and some Senate members want to know why. Today, the Senate Special Committee on Aging is holding a Read more...
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