Medicare & Medicaid

The CEO, CFO and COO paid hundreds of thousands in illegal kickbacks to funnel referrals to the cash-starved and now defunct hospital.

Thursday's vote came after a two-hour debate Thursday morning, with 212 Republicans and 180 Democrats voting in favor.

Former owners of California medical device companies of submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for power wheelchairs and other equipment totaling $6.8 million.

More than 1,300 healthcare providers operate on the edge of the U.S. healthcare system. They are critical access hospitals, small facilities that have fewer than 25 beds and are often in remote, rural areas and provide needed care to smaller populations.

“Not all readmissions can or should be prevented; indeed, some are planned as part of sound clinical care,” AHA says.

The state of California is working to create an "ideal" long-term care delivery system. Here are three short-term actions that the state can take now to lay meaningful cornerstones for a more comprehensive overhaul.

The bill proposes to increase payment accuracy, encourage physicians to adopt proven practices, supply doctors with data to improve care, and, for patients, to make Medicare more transparent by them more access to information.

Banner finished 2014 with $8.8 billion in total assets.

This year alone, prevention and enforcement efforts recovered $3.3 billion from individuals and companies that attempted to defraud federal health programs serving seniors, persons with disabilities or those with low incomes.

The audit, for years 2011 and 2012, covered $48 million in Medicare payments to the hospital for 7,506 claims potentially at risk for billing errors.