Category Archives: Healthcare
Minnesota Hospital to Pay U.S. to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Involving Unnecessary Admissions
“Hospitals and doctors have a responsibility to provide patients with reasonable and necessary care. When they neglect those obligations, patients and taxpayers suffer
Former Owners of Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicare in Wheelchair Scam
At a hearing this morning, U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. sentenced Amudat Williams, 54, and his spouse and co-defendant Sunday Adebisi to 44 months each in federal prison without parole and ordered them to jointly to pay $2,190,772 in restitution to Medicare. Williams and Adebisi, both of Houston, were convicted after pleading guilty on Dec. 18, 2008, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and receiving kickbacks. During today’s proceedings, Judge Werlein further ordered that neither Williams nor Adebisi were to have any involvement with the operation of a business that submits claims to the Medicare program.
Justice Department Recovers $2.4 Billion in False Claims Cases in Fiscal Year 2009; More Than $24 Billion Since 1986
“Rooting out fraud and safeguarding taxpayers from illegal conduct are among the Justice Department’s highest priorities,” said Tony West, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. “I applaud the dedication of the public servants who investigate and prosecute fraud, and the courage of the many private citizens who risk their careers by reporting fraud.”
PacifiCare with more than 100,000 violations of Law In Processing Health-Insurance Claims
I am pleased that this distraction is over and the Department of Insurance can return to the serious business of enforcing the law,” said Commissioner Poizner. “PacifiCare faces serious charges, brought after an unprecedented flood of complaints from doctors and consumers.”
Dennis Kucinich Wants Single Pay System
“Notwithstanding the fate of H.R. 3962, America will someday come to recognize the broad social and economic benefits of a not-for-profit, single-payer health care system, which is good for the American people and good for America’s businesses, with of course the notable exceptions being insurance and pharmaceuticals.”
MIT Analysis Confirms That H.R. 3962 Will Deliver Substantial Savings
“This analysis confirms that the House Democratic health care legislation will lower premiums for individuals and families who purchase insurance in the Exchange,” said Chairman Henry A. Waxman, Chairman Charles B. Rangel, and Chairman George Miller. “The individual health care market is the part of the health care system that is most dysfunctional today. The Affordable Health Care for America Act will reform that market in a way that will reduce premiums.”
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009
Republican cry over healthcare reform bill and mandates imposed on insurance companies.
Get the facts on healthcare with Reality Check.
Whitehouse sets the recod straight. Reality Check! The Congressional Budget Office and other analysts confirm that the current Senate Finance Committee (SFC) health reform proposal will lower health care premiums in the exchange and make health insurance more affordable for families. AHIP’s study reaches its flawed conclusion for at least three reasons:
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