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Health care network to pay $60 million settlement
A Springfield-based health care system has agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it engaged in illegal kickbacks with area doctors and billed Medicare for costs not allowed under federal laws.
GAO: Indian health agency lost millions in goods
The Indian Health Service has lost at least $15.8 million worth of equipment and later falsified documents to cover up some of those losses, according to congressional investigators.
Suit: Doctor put patients through unneeded tests
A Salisbury cardiologist faces a negligence lawsuit brought by patients and their family members who allege that he performed unnecessary cardiac catheterization and stent placement surgeries.
New mothers find support to forgo formula
Even without much hair to speak of, Amelia Grace Seever seems older than 8 months. She's a roly-poly little girl who crawls all over and pulls herself up to stand on occasion, not letting the business at hand distract her from her exploration.
Northeast lawmakers want to triple home heat aid
House members from the Northeast worried about rising energy prices asked Wednesday to more than triple federal home heating aid this winter.
US ban on visitors with HIV could end soon
A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world.
6 become ill after eating stew with dangerous weed
Montgomery County health officials say six people were hospitalized after eating a stew at a family dinner made with jimson, a potentially fatal weed.
Budget deficit up in first 9 months of budget year
The Treasury Department says the federal deficit swelled to $268.7 billion in the first nine months of this budget year as record spending during the period outpaced revenues.
Governors call for boost in home heating aid
Governors from across New England, warning that some families may have to choose between food or warmth this winter, have called for a sharp boost in federal home heating aid.
Probe finds dead doctors used in Medicare scams
Sellers of wheelchairs, drugs and other medical supplies collected as much as $93 million in fraudulent Medicare claims based on prescriptions from doctors who actually were dead, some for 10 years or more, a congressional investigation has found.
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