Chelsey Ledue

Nine hospitals in Alabama, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, New York and Minnesota have agreed to pay more than $9.4 million to settle allegations that the healthcare facilities submitted false claims to Medicare.

The United Health Foundation will provide a three-year, $3.3 million grant to Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans to help support and expand the new Daughters of Charity Health Center-St. Cecilia.

A Miami-area HIV infusion clinic owner and operator has been charged for her alleged participation in a $23 million HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme.

The recently passed health reform legislation includes payment changes for insurance companies that seem intended to move the industry from risk avoidance to increased cost management.

While the United States is already a decade behind the rest of the world in using the most up-to-date International Disease Classification system – ICD-10 – the alpha version of ICD-11 is due out later this year.

Measures to expand healthcare access to more Americans, contained in the recently enacted health reform bill, could accelerate consolidation in the provider sector, according to healthcare law experts at McDermott Will & Emery.

The state of Oklahoma is collaborating with Blue Cross Blue Shield to launch a medical home pilot in hopes of elevating its national health ranking.

A study published in the May 2010 online issue of Health Affairs finds that large multi-specialty medical groups provide higher quality care at a lower cost compared with physicians in small group practices.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has written to governors and state insurance commissioners urging them to re-examine any WellPoint health insurance rate increases in their states.

Only about a third of Americans say they have actively prepared for being sidelined from work due to an injury or illness, even though nearly nine out of 10 say they know there are steps they can take to protect themselves.