Melissa Hanks Bordelon, former CFO of Acadian Medical Center in Eunice, La., has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding her employer by embezzling nearly $200,000, according to a report by KLFY News.
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The South Carolina Hospital Association has named David Dunlap, president and CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C., as its new chairman of the board, according to a report by the Charleston Regional Business Journal.
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Manuel Anthony Puig and his wife Romelia Sanchez Puig, both of Edinburg, Texas, were indicted by a federal grand jury for healthcare fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
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A new bill proposed in the Florida legislature would give the state's attorney general power to investigate private managed care companies that administer Medicaid, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.
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CHICAGO — Becker's Hospital Review and Somnia Anesthesia Services will host a free Webinar, Improving Operating Room and Anesthesia Efficiency for Your Hospital, on March 23 at 2:15 p.m. EDT.
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The Senate has voted to pass the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4213), which includes language that would delay the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians until Sept. 30 and would extend through Dec. 31 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's COBRA benefit subsidy, according to a report by the AHA News Now.
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The AHA is disputing WellPoint's assertion at a recent congressional hearing that "provider consolidation" is a key driver of higher health insurance premiums, according to a report from AHA News Now.
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Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation that requires hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform so consumers have price-estimates before choosing a provider, according to a release by Gov. Doyle.
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Abdul Naushad, MD, his wife, their six pain management clinics and their billing company have agreed to pay $820,000 to resolve civil Medicare fraud allegations, according to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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The new Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Campus has earned Medicare certification and state certification to treat Medicaid patients, according to a report by the Journal Record.
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