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New Jersey med school agrees to $8.3 million kickback settlement with DoJ
In yet another chapter of a history dogged by questions of corruption, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) has agreed to pay the federal government $8.3 million to settle... Read more...
Senators investigate hospital group purchasing organizations
Right now, about $60 billion worth of hospital supplies are bought by hospital group purchasing organizations. These organizations, known as GPOs, get their expenses from vendors who sell to them,... Read more...
Medical device kickback allegations keep coming
I don't know about you, but it's getting a little depressing--if not surprising-- to keep reading about kickback charges lodged against medical devicemakers. But the investigations, allegations and... Read more...
Medicare fraud strike force charges 53 providers, execs and beneficiaries
Well, HHS head Kathleen Sebelius had promised that Medicare's Fraud Strike Force was stepping up operations, and I guess she wasn't kidding. Today, the agency announced (via @hhs_gov on Twitter,... Read more...
CA hospital chair pleads guilty to paying for referrals
The former co-owner and chairman of the board of a California hospital has pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals. The man, 74-year-old Robert Borseau, is the fourth... Read more...
HHS Inspector General says on-call pay for ED is OK
Hospitals everywhere must be thrilled, given their ongoing concerns over how to manage the growing shortage of specialists in emergency departments. The HHS inspector general's office has just issued... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Inspector general to narrow oversight of physician self referrals
The U.S. Office of the Inspector General has narrowed its focus on physician self referrals limiting providers' use of its self disclosure protocol to police kickbacks. The OIG reports that it is... Read more...
CA med labs being sued for fraud
Seven private medical laboratories in California are being sued by the state for allegedly overcharging the Medicaid program upwards of 400 percent for the last 15 years. The fraud has cost... Read more...
Federal prosecutors: Psychiatrist paid to tout off-label antidepressant use
Federal prosecutors have unveiled a case against pharmaceutical company Forest Laboratories, charging that the company illegally marketed antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro for use in children. In a... Read more...
Government plans investigation of devicemaker kickbacks to surgeons
Federal health officials and prosecutors are mounting an investigation designed to identify doctors how accept kickbacks from drug and devicemakers for using their products. The investigation focuses... Read more...
