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Schiff introduces bill to improve auditing of Medicare
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) re-introduced a bill on Tuesday to improve the nation’s system for auditing Medicare in an effort to reduce soaring healthcare costs. The Medicare Audit Improvement Act, which Schiff introduced along with Rep. Sam...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care, Adam Schiff, Google+, Sam Graves
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Fugitives accused of Medicare fraud seen in the Glendale area
Authorities are looking for two fugitives who allegedly helped try to bilk $1.3 million from Medicare and who may be hiding out in Glendale or the surrounding region, according to an announcement Wednesday. Anush Sahakyan and Karo Gotti Blkhoyan were...
Tags: Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, FBI
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2 fugitives accused of Medicare fraud may be in Glendale, U.S. says
Federal authorities say two of Medicare's most-wanted fugitives may be hiding out in Glendale. Healthcare investigators say Karo Gotti Blkhoyan, 32, and Anush Sahakyan, 29, set up a phony medical clinic in South Carolina from 2009 to 2010 and billed for...Tags: Government Health Care, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Los Angeles Times, Healthcare Policies
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Ahead of federal healthcare overhaul, local hospitals look to primary care
As the new year begins, local healthcare providers are preparing for a potential flood of patients who previously didn’t have access to insurance, but who will now be covered as the federal Affordable Care Act takes effect. More primary care...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009), Health and Safety at School
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Groups work to reduce hospital readmissions
The Glendale Healthier Community Coalition brought together representatives from several nonprofit organizations this week for a workshop with the three local hospitals looking at ways to reduce patient readmissions. Starting Oct. 1, Medicare began...
Tags: Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Pneumonia
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Medicare and cost-shifting
In the months leading up to the passage of “Obamacare” in 2010, there was a flurry of pro-and-con Mailbag letters regarding Medicare Advantage, the private insurance-company-run plans with a Medicare contract. Well, in the first debate,...Tags: Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dentistry and Dental Health, Barack Obama, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Hospital coalition aims to drop patient readmissions
Local hospitals are ramping up efforts to drive down their readmission rates as an Oct. 1 deadline looms for them to achieve results or face state-imposed penalties. Of all the patients readmitted to the three local hospitals — Glendale Adventist,...
Tags: Heart Failure, Medical Specialization, Government Health Care, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Help needed to stave off Medicare cuts
As a dialysis facility administrator at Davita Glendale Dialysis, I care for 145 Glendale-area dialysis patients who are concerned about the future of their treatment, and, specifically, about potential changes to their Medicare coverage for dialysis. As...Tags: Dialysis, Government Health Care, Adam Schiff
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Not guilty plea in Medicare scam case
A couple who ran a San Marino pharmacy have pleaded not guilty to charges of participating in an $18-million Medicare fraud scheme with a Glendale medical firm. Phic Lim, 47, and his wife and business partner Theana Khou, 39, of Pasadena, were among 15...Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Zyprexa (drug), Justice System, Government Health Care
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Pharmacy involved in Medicare scheme set to close
A San Marino pharmacy embroiled in an alleged $18-million Medicare fraud scheme that also involved a Glendale firm will close this week, an employee said. The Huntington Pharmacy will close Thursday, nearly two months after its operators were charged...Tags: Justice System, San Marino, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice
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15 arrested in alleged $18M Medicare fraud scheme
Fifteen people were arrested today on suspicion of taking part in an elaborate $18-million Medicare fraud scheme that officials say involved a Glendale medical clinic and pharmacy in San Marino.
The scheme involved so-called “prescription...Tags: Justice System, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Corporate Crime, Crimes
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San Marino pharmacy owners arrested in Medicare scheme
Fifteen people were arrested Thursday on suspicion of taking part in an elaborate $18-million Medicare fraud scheme that officials say involved a pharmacy in San Marino and a Glendale medical clinic.
The scheme involved so-called “prescription...Tags: Lawyers, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Zyprexa (drug), Justice System, Government Health Care
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