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By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:13 am | November 05, 2013
The settlement is one of the largest in the history of healthcare fraud in the U.S., including criminal fines and forfeiture totaling $485 million and civil settlements with the federal government and 45 states totaling $1.72 billion.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:21 am | November 05, 2013
One of California's largest health systems, Sutter Health, is paying $46 million to settle allegations of overcharging payers with obscured anesthesia billing practices.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:23 am | November 05, 2013
The federal agency that projects the nation's healthcare workforce needs has lagged in publishing updated estimates, leaving the government and industry to base their policies and investments on old data.
By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News | 01:23 am | November 05, 2013
A New York state hospital association has put out a report card grading the quality of hospital graders. Five of the 10 report cards that were evaluated were given low marks.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:38 pm | November 04, 2013
More Medicare Advantage plans have earned four stars or higher in the CMS Star Ratings program for 2014, increasing to 43 percent from 27 percent of plans in 2013, an Avalere analysis has found.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:27 pm | November 04, 2013
Medicare has paid millions in claims for deceased beneficiaries and undocumented immigrants, a government investigation has found.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 pm | November 04, 2013
When President Obama addressed massive problems with the federal health-insurance exchange website last week, he couldn't cite any actual enrollments in health plans offered through the site.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:07 am | November 04, 2013
The board of WellCare Health Plans is looking for a new CEO, and is hoping to find someone to expand Medicaid and Medicare managed care.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:51 am | November 04, 2013
A larger number of hospitals are showing improvements in their quality of care said the Joint Commission in its annual report on quality and safety of hospitals.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 04:33 pm | November 01, 2013
Covered California, the state's public health insurance exchange, has removed one of its 12 health plans from the site, effectively barring consumers from selecting the insurer until further notice.