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Chelsey Ledue

By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
Several Detroit-area hospitals have filed an emergency motion in Michigan's Wayne County Circuit Court against the United American Healthcare Corporation, the former manager of Detroit-based OmniCare,...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 08, 2008
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while malpractice insurance rates are low in Maine and physician services are in demand amid new construction pro...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 05, 2008
Veterans will have easier access to world-class healthcare under a Department of Veterans Affairs plan to open 31 new outpatient clinics in 16 states, according to Secretary of Veterans Affairs James...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 04, 2008
America's Health Insurance Plans has offered a healthcare reform proposal to achieve universal coverage, reduce the growth of healthcare costs and improve the quality of medical care."Ou...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 04, 2008
Medical transcription service provider MedQuist Inc. has paid $6.6 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it overbilled federal government clients, according to the Justice Dep...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 04, 2008
A final regulation giving states more flexibility in designing their own Medicaid programs - including adjusting benefit packages to more closely align with beneficiary needs - has been released by th...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 03, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed three national coverage determinations (NCDs) to establish uniform national policies designed to prevent Medicare from paying for certain...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 02, 2008
Highmark providers, such as primary care physicians, specialists, healthcare facilities and hospitals, now have access to tools to assist them in discussions with Highmark members about out-of-pocket...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 01, 2008
RA Group Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Renal Advantage Inc., the third largest for-profit provider of dialysis services in the United States, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Frank...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 26, 2008
Bayer HealthCare LLC has agreed to pay $97.5 million plus interest to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to a number of diabetic suppliers and caused them to submit false claims to Medicare, ac...