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Abdul Naushad, MD, his wife, their six pain management clinics and their billing company have agreed to pay $820,000 to resolve civil Medicare fraud allegations, according to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Last Updated on March 10, 2010
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Shekhar Desai, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Brevard County, Fla., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for accepting $70,000-$120,000 in consulting fees from DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for services he never performed, according to a report by Florida Today.
Last Updated on March 08, 2010
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President Don Mordecai and Government Relations Chairman Victor Long of the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists spoke out against a controversial bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit certified registered nurse anesthetists from providing certain injections for patients with chronic pain in an opinion piece published in The Edmond Sun.
Last Updated on March 04, 2010
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Windsor Dennis, MD, a New Orleans-based orthopedic surgeon, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing the federal government and has agreed to pay $750,000 in restitution, according to a report by WXVT News.
Last Updated on March 04, 2010
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Robert E. Alick, the operator of a used medical equipment sales business and resident of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to five counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue laws in a scheme to defraud six hospitals, according to a release from the Department of Justice and the IRS.
Last Updated on March 04, 2010
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In a rare showing of bipartisan agreement, the U.S. House voted 406-19 to repeal health plans' exemption from federal antitrust laws, according to a release from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Last Updated on March 04, 2010
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Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle claims made by a whistleblower that the health system allegedly paid kickback to neurologists for referring patients to its Wilmington hospital, according to a report in The News Journal.
Last Updated on March 04, 2010
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George Steven Kooshian, an AIDS physician based in La Quinta, Calif., was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal healthcare fraud charges for "subdosing" patients by administering doses of medicine that contained less than the prescribed amount of medication that the patients were supposed to receive, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Last Updated on March 04, 2010
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A bill that would permit physicians only to administer pain management injections into a patient's neck or spinal area passed the Oklahoma House by a vote of 55-33, split mostly on urban and rural lines, according to a report in The Oklahoman.
Last Updated on February 26, 2010
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1. Its very unlikely that President Obama gained any Republican votes through his most recent healthcare summit and efforts on healthcare reform. President Obama's more than seven hour healthcare summit yesterday most likely did not win over any Republicans in support of any specific healthcare plan, including the draft legislation President Obama released on Monday.
Last Updated on February 26, 2010
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A practice assistant in the ENT Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is pleading guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from the hospital, according to a release from the FBI.
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