Chelsey Ledue
A Miami-area resident who owned and operated an HIV infusion clinic pled guilty last week to participating in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.
Workers' compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for U.S. workers injured on the job increased 4.4 percent to $57.6 billion in 2008, according to the National Academy of Social Insurance.
The Joint Commission will expand the process of accrediting ambulatory healthcare organizations next July to those also interested in becoming a primary care home.
The American Medical Association and 90 other medical organizations have sent a letter to the Treasury Department opposing any changes to the tax code that would encourage trial attorneys to file more lawsuits, which could increase healthcare costs.
About 16.6 million small business employees work in firms that will be eligible for tax credits designed to offset health insurance premium costs, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
The LHC Group, a national provider of home health and hospice services, has acquired Haggin Home Health from The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital in Harrodsburg, Ky.
Five primary care facilities that operate in underserved communities in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens are expected to save approximately $3.8 million through a tax-exempt bond issue to refinance nearly $30 million of loans.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the expansion of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Rural Community Hospital demonstration program.
A new study estimates that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008.
St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa., has leveraged its participation in three different quality initiatives to improve the quality of healthcare delivery.