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Former Texas Pain Management Physician and Psychiatrist Sentenced to Federal Prison on Health Care Fraud Charges
United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that in El Paso today, 57-year-old Anthony Francis Valdez was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with an estimated $42 million fraudulent health care benefit program billing scheme. Valdez, a former physician, was the owner of the Institute of Pain Management with clinics in El Paso and San Antonio.
Alexian Brothers Health System Names New President and Chief Executive Officer
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. , Dec.
Governor Quinn Receives Seasonal Flu Shot – Encourages Everyone in Illinois to Prepare for Upcoming Flu Season
CHICAGO – Dec. 2, 2011.
Pompano Beach, Florida-Area Assisted Living Facility Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Kickback Scheme
WASHINGTON—The owner and operator of a Pompano Beach, Florida-area assisted living facility pleaded guilty today for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company and a Medicaid fraud scheme that billed for assisted living services that were never provided, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Florida Office of the Attorney General. Joseph B.
Prisons, mental facilities saved; Quinn friendlier on budget
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ seven endangered prisons and mental health facilities will stay open for at least the next six months after lawmakers gave Gov. Pat Quinn the power to shift nearly $300 million inside the state budget.
Improving Access to Healthy Food for Chicago’s Latinos, African-Americans
The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center has received a $850,000 grant to address health disparities in Chicago. The U.S.
Siemens Offers Imaging Innovation and Affordable High-end Performance at RSNA 2011
CHICAGO , Nov. 27, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — At the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), from November 27 to December 2 in Chicago , Siemens Healthcare (NYSE: SI) (Booth #822, East Building/Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, Hall D) again leads the way in medical imaging innovation by offering industry-redefining advancements in computed tomography, molecular imaging, ultrasound technology and more – while demonstrating an increasing cost consciousness that expands the availability of its cutting-edge systems to a wider range of customers than ever before.
$1.5M Grant Addresses Health Disparities in Rural Illinois Women
The University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Research on Women and Gender, in partnership with the Southern Seven Health Department, has received funding to improve the health of women and girls in the seven southernmost counties of Illinois. The five-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S.
CHVI Releases Health Value Accelerator™ Results Showing Health Care Costs Can Exceed 20 Cents of Every Revenue Dollar
Initial employer findings expose opportunities to reduce health cost risk, maximizing dollars CHICAGO , Nov. 14, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The nonprofit Center for Health Value Innovation (CHVI) released the initial results of employers completing the Health Value Accelerator finding that over 20 cents out of every dollar of revenue are going toward health care costs that are under managed.
Fort Lauderdale-Area Halfway House Owners Plead Guilty to Kickback Scheme
The two managers and operators of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area halfway house company pleaded guilty today for their role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Robert Jenkins, 36, and Nikki Jenkins, 36, each pleaded guilty before Chief U.S.