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Minister of State for Health And Medical Education Asks Paramedics to be Magnanimous, Polite And Humble Towards Patients
The Minister of State for Health and Medical Education, R&B, Javed Ahmad Dar has inaugurated 6th and 7th modules of training program for staff nurses and Asha-workers, under National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) at the Regional Institute of Health...
Detroit-Area Doctor Given 14 Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme
Farmington Hills, Mich., physician Jose Castro-Ramirez has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced. Castro-Ramirez...
Wheaton Community Hospital to Pay U.S. to Resolve Allegations of False Claims
Wheaton Community Hospital, the City of Wheaton, Minn. and Dr. Stanley Gallagher (collectively WCH) have agreed to pay $846,461 to settle allegations that their hospital admission practices violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department has announced.
U.S. Think Tank Ranks the British NHS As Having One of the Best Primary Health Care Systems in the World
The NHS has been ranked as having one of the best primary health care systems in the world in a survey by the US think tank the Commonwealth Fund, published today. In a survey of more than 10,000 primary care physicians in 11 developed countries, the...
Texas Hospital Group Agrees to Pay $27.5m to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
A hospital group based in McAllen, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $27.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute between 1999 and 2006, by paying illegal compensation to...
