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Insured And Still At Risk: Number of Underinsured Increased 80 Percent Between 2003 – 2010
The number of underinsured adults—those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes—rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study...
Most Expensive Adword Campaign Ever As Google Forfeits $500m Over Online Canadian Pharmacies
Online search engine Google Inc. has agreed to forfeit $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements through its AdWords program targeting consumers in the United States, resulting in the unlawful importation of controlled...
Miami-area Resident Pleads Guilty for His Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud
A Miami-area resident pleaded has guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for his role in two separate fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. How People Arrived Here: alan gumer sentenced,...
Hospice Improves Care for Dementia Patients And Their Families
Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members. The research comes as hospice...
Owner of Fraudulent Physical Therapy Company Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Miami-area resident and owner of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., has entered a plea of guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare.
Medicaid Increases Use of Health Care, Decreases Financial Strain, Improves Health
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Providence Health & Services have found that expanding low income adults’ access to Medicaid...
Miami Doctor Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme
Miami doctor Rene De Los Rios, 72, has been sentenced to 235 months in prison for his participation in a $23 million HIV injection and infusion Medicare fraud scheme .
Midtown Imaging And Former Owners Midtown Imaging P.A. And PBC Medical Imaging Agree to Pay $3m to Resolve Allegations That the Clinic Violated the False Claims Act
Midtown Imaging LLC, a radiology clinic, and its former owners Midtown Imaging P.A. and PBC Medical Imaging have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that the clinic violated the False Claims Act. The West Palm Beach clinic is alleged to have...
