Beth Jones Sanborn
The owner of an Illinois home healthcare company is facing conspiracy and fraud charges after being indicted in an alleged kickback scheme that defrauded Medicare for at least $450,000.
Six groups who represent a wide swath of biologic-prescribing physicians are urging Congress to press the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to make unique codes for biosimilar medicines for billing and payment purposes.
The Miami owner of eight pharmacies will spend nine years in prison, the Department of Justice announced this week, for is part in a healthcare fraud that saw him spending the money he scammed on luxury cars for himself and his family.
Don Berwick, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and president emeritus of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement will join the board of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, state Attorney General Maura Healey announced this week.
Technology and connectivity will continue its steady infiltration of the healthcare landscape, branding and trust take priority over convenience, and the advancement and integration of connected health technologies will hinge on cybersecurity in 2016, PwC said.
The Federal Trade Commission announced it is joining forces with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office to block the merger of Penn State Hershey Medical Center with the PinnacleHealth System.
New Jersey's 63 nonprofit hospitals are facing millions in new municipal fees called "Community Service Contributions" each year if bipartisan legislation co-sponsored and just introduced by State Sens. Robert Singer, Steve Sweeney and Joseph Vitale becomes law.
The Justice Department raked in more than $3.5 billion in 2015 in settlements and judgements from civil cases under the False Claims Act, including $1.9 billion in healthcare fraud settlements.
Intermountain Healthcare Chief Executive Officer Charles W. Sorenson will retire in October 2016, the Utah-based system announced on Monday, after spending 17 years as an executive for the celebrated healthcare provider.
Healthcare juggernaut Kaiser Permanente announced Friday they have inked a deal to acquire the Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative in a deal that will expand Kaiser's reach by roughly 509,000 members and add an entirely new region of coverage.