CMS is using new authorities created by the ACA to clamp down on Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services intends to ramp up oversight of providers and to save taxpayers money, according to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, who announced new anti-fraud measures. They are designed to prevent physicians and […]
Read MoreTwo pharmacists at the notorious New England Compounding Center have been charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 25 individuals who received nonsterile steroid pain injections in 2012 and 2013, according to a criminal indictment unsealed today in a federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts. The pain medicine in question — preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate […]
Read MoreRecruiting, hiring and training new employees can eat up a manager’s time. The last thing a manager wants to do is start the process all over again because that new hire just stood up and walked out the door after three months. To avoid repeating that time-consuming process, it’s important to talk with new employees […]
Read MoreWhen Steven Passik, PhD, slipped on the ice earlier this year and tore his supraspinatus tendon, he needed rotary cuff surgery and was given a prescription for opioids to deal with the pain — no questions asked. “They didn’t ask me who I am or what I do; they didn’t ask me a single question […]
Read MoreFourteen people have been arrested and charged in connection with the fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened more than 680 in several states in 2012. Charges included in the indictment include numerous counts of second-degree murder, racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud, although not all defendants are accused of each count. Among the […]
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