United States Reaches $125,000 Civil Settlement
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced today that the US, Foot Healers, and its subsidiaries (Foot Healers) reached a civil settlement that will resolve the [...]
Ellington Psychiatrist To Pay Over $800,000 In False Claims Act Allegations Settlement
US Attorney John H. Durham and CT Attorney General George Jepsen announced that Ellington BEhavioral Health (“EBH”) has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments [...]
Regulatory Requirements Drive Dissatisfaction With EHRs
Regulatory requirements are likely to be an important aspect of physician dissatisfaction with electronic health records (EHRs) that is driving burnout, according to an Ideas and Opinions piece published online [...]
Hospital Agrees To Settle Over Billing Allegations
The US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Charles Cole Memorial Hospital agreed to pay the United States $373,547.54 to settle allegations that they failed to [...]
Resident of Webster NY Sentenced for Fraud
Judith Morale, formerly known as Judith Remo, of Webster NY, was sentenced to three years of probation for health care fraud, announced US Attorney Scott W. Murray. Read the full [...]
Report from the Department of Justice Fraud & Abuse Control for 2017 sheds light upon the importance of compliance
In April, the Government released last year's accomplishments for their work in Healthcare Fraud and Abuse. In 2017 $2.6 billion was returned to the Federal Government or paid to private [...]
Northwestern, Centegra seek to finalize 10-hospital merger
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Crystal Lake (based out of Chicago) and Centegra Health System (Illinois based) could close their merger deal by Sept. 1, according to a recent filing with [...]
116-bed Missouri hospital to close next month
Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Missouri, a 116-bed hospital, will close June 30. It will stop providing Ob/Gyn services after May 17, and it will completely stop inpatient, [...]
1/3 of patients using telehealth platform received in-person care at the facility within 1 year
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System succeeded in increasing patient acquisitions through its telehealth program, according to an analysis by the health system and its virtual care provider Zipnosis. Read the [...]
Idaho Hospital Has Software Glitch Causing Billing Problems
Benewah Community Hospital, situated in St. Maries, Idaho, faces hard times after it implemented new software that caused several heavy billing problems. The hospital in Benewah County worked with Cerner [...]