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ikaEnterprise goes live at two Total Health insurers

 Industry News Release February 16, 2010
ikaSystems has set a new record for rapid implementation of complex health plan systems with two affiliated insurers, Detroit-based Total Health Care and Miami-based Total Health Choice.
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CFO at Miami health system resigns

 Richard Pizzi February 11, 2010
Frank Barrett, chief financial officer and executive vice president at Miami's Jackson Health System, has resigned after five years in the position.
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How the legit get hit

 Nancy Beckley February 10, 2010
Providers in Florida have gotten used to all the jokes about our fine state, and in particular the one about the city of Miami being the epicenter, or ground zero, of Medicare fraud.
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Vendor Notebook - Fifth Third Securities provides advising on VA medical center bond deal

 Eric Wicklund February 01, 2010
Fifth Third Securities, Inc., recently served as financial advisor and structuring agent for the $115 million bond deal to renovate and expand the Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio’s largest VA hospital and the fifth largest in the country.
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Medicare Fraud Strike Force expands, more arrests announced

 Chelsey Ledue December 16, 2009
The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services have expanded Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations to Brooklyn, N.Y., Tampa, Fla., and Baton Rouge, La.
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What a Tax on "Cadillac" Health Insurance Plans Would Really Mean to Mainstream Americans

 Robert Laszewski October 07, 2009
Milliman consulting actuary, Robert Dobson, is out with a must read paper for those that think the "Cadillac" health plan tax makes sense.
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Multi-state Medicare Fraud Crackdown Focuses Attention on Recovery Payoffs to Defray Health Reform Costs

 Industry News Release August 05, 2009
In the aftermath of 32 recent arrests for Medicare fraud in Houston, Boston and Miami, discussions are now focusing on how massive recoveries by the government can significantly help defray the costs of current health reform initiatives.
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Vendor Notebook - MedAssets to market SmartDraw software to healthcare providers

 Eric Wicklund July 20, 2009
MedAssets has announced that it will market software from San Diego-based SmartDraw.com to its hospital and primary acute care provider customers.
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Feds charge 53 with Medicare fraud in Detroit and Miami

 Diana Manos June 25, 2009
A federal fraud strike force announced Thursday it will bring charges against 53 individuals in the Detroit and Miami area - including doctors, healthcare executives and beneficiaries - for more than $50 million in alleged Medicare false billing.
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Four Miami-area residents sentenced in $10M Medicare fraud scheme

 Chelsey Ledue June 08, 2009
Four Miami-area residents were recently sentenced for a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics.
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Lack of Documentation May Bankrupt Community Healthcare

 Ernie De Los Santos May 13, 2009
There is a common fear among rural providers that communities will wind up losing their local hospitals because CMS will bankrupt them, not based upon fraud and abuse, but rather based upon what the physicians do or do not put into their documentation, which the facilities have no way to control.
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Vendor Notebook - GenerationOne's diabetes care pilot for employees sees positive results

 Eric Wicklund May 11, 2009
GenerationOne has reported positive results from a mobilized diabetes care management pilot program conducted by the ECHO Healthcare Education Foundation for a member employers of the Employers Coalition for Healthcare Options using the GenerationOne Mobile Health Solution.
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Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants Plead Guilty in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

 Healthcare Finance News Staff March 23, 2009
our Miami-area residents pleaded guilty today in connection with a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today.
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Baptist Health saves money, time with health automation system

 Chelsey Ledue February 27, 2009
Baptist Health South Florida saw a large return on investment while using a health automation system, said Jason Stoyles, corporate manager of interfaces and integration.
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Miami physicians, medical workers charged with $10M Medicare fraud

 Chelsey Ledue February 17, 2009
Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted on a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme, operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients.
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Owner of pharmaceutical company pleads guilty to Medicare fraud

 Chelsey Ledue January 29, 2009
The owner and operator of HME Solutions Inc., dba Lifecare Medical, a licensed pharmaceutical wholesale company in Miami, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program of $5.3 million in an HIV-infusion fraud scheme.
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Medical clinic owner pleads guilty to $5.3M Medicare fraud scheme

 Chelsey Ledue January 09, 2009
The owner and operator of two Miami medical clinics has pled guilty to defrauding the Medicare program for $5.3 million.According to Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the...
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Eight Miami-Dade residents indicted for AIDS/HIV infusion fraud

 Chelsey Ledue October 08, 2008
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force has indicted eight Miami-Dade County residents on 16 counts of Medicare fraud involving fake HIV infusion treatments, according to Acting Assistant Attorney General of...
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Vendor Notebook - Baltimore company implements MicroMD PM

 Healthcare Finance News Staff September 29, 2008
Henry Schein Medical Systems, a Boardman, Ohio-based provider of practice management (PM) and electronic medical records (EMR) systems, has announced that Advanced Medical Management of Baltimo...
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Miami physicians defraud Medicaid of $6.8 million

 Richard Pizzi September 15, 2008
Miami physicians Carlos Contreras, MD, and Ramon Pichardo, MD, pled guilty last week to defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $6.8 million HIV infusion fraud scheme.Contreras,...
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