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A dermatologist who had voluntarily been excluded in 2005 from federal health care programs was convicted June 25 of 22 felony charges relating to health care fraud, bankruptcy fraud and identity theft.
 
 
If your doctors ever give you a hard time about how long it takes to document fully, you may want to remind them the kind of hard time they’d face in the slammer.
The new federal contraceptive-coverage rules give many religious employers a way to avoid directly providing the service to female employees, but that’s not good enough for its opponents.
States can expect an upsurge in Medicaid enrollment even if they aren’t participating in the Medicaid expansion provision of health care reform legislation (Affordable Care Act, or ACA), a new study projects.
A judge in San Diego has given Jose Melendez 18 months in prison for his role in a massive power wheelchair Medicare scam.
If your outpatient therapy, home health or skilled nursing claims are still being denied because of a Medicare “improvement standard,” it might be time to enlighten your Medicare contractor about the impact of the Jan. 24, 2013 class action settlement, Jimmo v. Sebelius.
Physicians treating current and former military service members may need to consider how post-traumatic stress disorders could be affecting their patients’ hearts.
Available data suggest a need to educate certain Medicare providers about repeating pneumococcal vaccinations more often than recommended, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found based on its review of beneficiary records.
Media buzz is fluttering around two heart arrhythmia cases connected to mad honey and the effects of a 15-year consumption of only cola.
Imagine the following scenario: You are a Medicare patient. You receive an offer from a medical practice in Atlanta that includes paid travel to the practice for treatment and a four-day trip to a hot spring in Florida.

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