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Arrests pile up in home health Medicare fraud scheme
Four Detroit residents were arrested and charged this week for their part in a $14.5 million Medicare fraud scheme in Michigan in which therapy services for Medicare patients either were not
Hospital pays $22M to settle kickbacks, unnecessary stents
St. Joseph Medical Center will pay $22 million to the federal government to settle charges it provided illegal kickbacks to MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates. Dr. Mark Midei, who is accused of
Low-risk cancer patients often receive overly aggressive treatment
More thorough measures are needed when it comes to diagnosing prostate cancer in men considering that most--even those whose cancer is identified as low-risk--receive highly aggressive and sometimes
