#unnecessary procedures

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Cardiologist Gets 5 Years Prison for Healthcare Fraud

Former Ashland cardiologist Richard Paulus was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for convictions stemming from charges he performed unnecessary heart procedures as part of a healthcare fraud scheme in Eastern Kentucky. Paulus appeared in front of U.S. District U.S. District Judge David Bunning…

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"Whistleblower": Employees Take on Pediatric Dental Chain

What would you do if something just felt wrong at work? If you feared people could get hurt? Would you have the courage to blow the whistle? Whistleblowers often risk their own safety to right a wrong they feel they witnessed.  A new CBS series called “Whistleblower” tells the stories of heroic people who put…

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Dental Chain Settles Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit

An Iowa dental office chain has settled a whistleblower lawsuit alleging Medicaid fraud. The Des Moines Register reports  that Lifepoint Dental Partners, which has five clinics in Iowa, agreed to pay $300,000 to settle the lawsuit filed in April by federal prosecutors and the company’s former chief financial officer, Todd Willson, and a former financial…

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Hospital Administrator Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for $116 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The former assistant administrator of Riverside General Hospital was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for his role in a $116 million Medicare fraud scheme.  To date, 10 individuals have pleaded guilty or been convicted for their involvement in the scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and…

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So glad to see so many states trying to take away women's right so early on in 2013... I don't understand why old white guys can't stay out of women's uteruses...