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CMS delays Sunshine Act data collection
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is delaying a key part of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, in which the agency won't start collecting data until 2013, CMS announced Thursday.
Dimensions president resigns after internal investigation of kickbacks
Dimensions Healthcare System's president and chief administrative officer, who was under an internal investigation for alleged kickbacks, officially resigned on Monday after 18 months on the job, The
14 providers arrested in alleged referral kickback scheme
An alleged kickback scheme has resulted in the arrest of 14 New Jersey healthcare practitioners this week, the Wyckoff Patch reports. The providers, including 13 physicians and one nurse
New York Downtown Hospital to pay $13.4M to settle Medicaid fraud, kickback charges
New York Downtown Hospital agreed to pay $13.4 million to settle Medicaid fraud and kickback charges, reports the New York Post yesterday. Downtown Hospital allegedly paid healthcare firm and
Using Groupon to promote services? Beware legal risks
In an effort to boost sales and bolster word-of-mouth (or mouse) marketing, a number of practices have begun offering deep discounts on services through websites such as Groupon and Living Social.
Doctors approved fake patient charts in $200M Medicare fraud plot
Twenty people, including three medical doctors and two PhDs, were indicted in Florida for a mix of healthcare fraud, kickback and money laundering charges that were part of their alleged role in a
Doctor illegally prescribed steroids to police officers, firefighters
Through word of mouth, a Jersey City doctor became the steroid supplier of choice for hundreds of policemen and firefighters throughout New Jersey in a scam that likely cost taxpayers in the state
Federation of American Hospitals seeks leeway on ACOs
The Federation of American Hospitals has asked federal regulators for some leeway regarding the construction of accountable care organizations ( ACO news) in order to create a "level playing field,"
Overpayments to referring physicians cost hospital $3.3 million
Yet another hospital has settled allegations of False Claims Act violations . Wilmington-based Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), Delaware's largest healthcare provider, will pay the federal and
OIG: Part-time employees also exempt from anti-kickback laws
Good news for part-time physician employees: the OIG has given an advisory opinion allowing part-time physicians to be paid for seeing publicly insured patients without violating federal
