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Louisiana physician charged for alleged role in $6.6 Medicare fraud scheme
13 Mar 2025 00:26 GMT
A physician from Slidell, La., was charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary cancer genetic tests.
Four things to know:
1. Robert Tassin, MD, 64, worked as an independent …
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What New Government Funding Bill Means for Medicaid, Medicare
10 Mar 2025 21:07 GMT
… implications for Medicaid and Medicare.
Why It Matters
… Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, proposed a stopgap … continue receiving support.
Medicare would also extend many … wanting more concessions regarding Medicare and guarantees to maintain …
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Louisiana physician, wife to pay $450K for neurostimulator fraud scheme
08 Mar 2025 00:25 GMT
Henry Goolsby, MD, his wife, Patricia Lenae Goolsby, and their clinic, Infinite Health Integrative Medical Center, agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations of improper Medicare billing.
From November 2018 and April 2020, they allegedly billed Medicare …
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Louisiana Doctor & Clinic Settle $450K Medicare Fraud Case
07 Mar 2025 15:01 GMT
… Medical Center, allegedly billed Medicare for implanted neurostimulators that were … dollars are not misused. Louisiana residents, especially Medicare beneficiaries, should be aware … agencies increasing enforcement efforts across Louisiana and the U.S. …
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Wednesday's Health Report: World Glaucoma Day brings awareness to disease that damages eyesight
13 Mar 2025 01:13 GMT
BATON ROUGE - It is World Glaucoma Day, a day that brings awareness to diseases that damage the optic nerve. It can result in vision loss and even blindness.
The CDC says only half of the three million Americans with glaucoma know they have it.
" …
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Republicans Pivot to Virtual Town Halls To Avoid Opposition
13 Mar 2025 19:08 GMT
… Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana have claimed the raucous … programs like Medicaid and Medicare has been tasked with … 581 billion in spending if Medicare and Medicaid are excluded. … in cutting Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits. Instead, …
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International News Briefs for Thursday, March 13, 2025
13 Mar 2025 17:39 GMT
… ICE detention center in Jena, Louisiana, where he is being held … talking exactly about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and what he … Remaining Immigrants from Guantánamo to Louisiana
Mar 13, 2025
The Trump … to the U.S., to Louisiana. The move follows a …
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Florida med students rally in Tallahassee for single-payer healthcare, $35 cap on insulin
13 Mar 2025 16:21 GMT
… modeled after the federal Medicare for All proposal popularized … , including red states like Louisiana and Texas, have capped … for people enrolled in Medicare plans. Biden had proposed … currently available under Medicaid, Medicare, and other publicly-funded …
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States Ramp Up Workplace Violence Prevention Efforts with New Legislation in 2025
13 Mar 2025 18:15 GMT
… violent incidents. California, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey … accordance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conditions …
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Systemic sclerosis diagnoses clustered around Superfund sites
13 Mar 2025 12:56 GMT
… conjunction with information on Medicare beneficiaries enrolled between 2014 … one included 58,379 Medicare beneficiaries with various SSc … Mississippi, northeast and southern Louisiana, as well as New … levels of contaminants in Medicare beneficiaries with SSc.
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