Chelsey Ledue
Under two whistleblower settlement agreements, the Merck Company will pay more than $650 million to the U.S. Department of Justice and 49 individual states. The pharmaceutical manu...
Medical costs for employers around the world are expected to increase over the next five years, according to a poll conducted by a global consulting firm. The Watson Wyatt World...
Many physicians still don't know that a policy change that took effect in October allows them to bill Medicare and Medicaid patients for missed appointments, according to the American Academy of Famil...
According to the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid, the projected cost of providing Medicare beneficiaries with a prescription drug benefit through private health plans has come down again, according to...
The California Department of Managed Health Care and the California Department of Insurance are filing a joint action against PacifiCare companies owned by UnitedHealth Group after uncovering more tha...
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced its collaboration with three whistleblowers in two lawsuits against three New Jersey hospitals. The lawsuits allege that Robert Wood Johnson...
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS and other groups are calling for change to a bill that would establish a demonstration project to measure the ability of patient-centered medical homes to...
SAN ANTONIO, TX – South Texas Total Eye Care, a physician-owned, independent physicians association (IPA) providing eye care for more than 13,000 members, has implemented Plexis Healthcare Syste...
CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) is pushing for a permanent fix to a bill that has taken away a three-year medical loan deferment for medical students serving their residency....
A recent report asserts that reforming the healthcare system to cover some or all of America's 47 million uninsured, as proposed by some 2008 presidential candidates, would increase demand for healthc...