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Medicare
Pennsylvania Ambulance Company Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud
Owner admits to having employee re-writing trip sheets and forge signatures of EMTs.
Medicare to Begin Fining Hospitals That Have Too Many Re-admitted Patients
Some 2,200 facilities will be hit with penalties averaging around $125,000 per facility.
Texas Ambulance Officials Arrested in Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Investigation
They were arrested in connection with an estimated $2.5 million fraudulent billing scheme.
107 Charged in Medicare Fraud Busts in 7 Cities
Ambulance service providers are among those charged with various crimes.
Pa. Ambulance Squads Hurt by Reimbursements that Don't Meet Costs
The nonprofit ambulance service struggles because of the high number of uninsured people and because of low reimbursements from Medicare.
JEMS Surveys 200 Most Populous Cities
Find out the results of this year’s 200-city survey.
Texas Paper Investigates Medicare and Ambulance Company Profits
No one agency has complete regulatory control of private ambulances.
Houston Physicians Overseeing EMS Companies Sanctioned
The job of medical director has turned into a lucrative industry of its own.
Mental Health Clinics Make Millions from Medicare
As patients flow from ambulances to for-profit facilities, so do dollars.
Law Firms Court EMS Whistleblowers
Healthcare reform has provided new avenues to recoup billions of tax dollars lost to fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and law firms are actively looking for informants within EMS.
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