NEWS.YAHOO.COM writes: "WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rush University Medical Center has agreed to pay $1,547,200 plus interest to resolve allegations that the facility violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. Rush is alleged to have submitted false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2007 by entering into certain leasing arrangements for office space with ..."

Angela wrote:

I came across this post Tuesday.

"Hospice of Washington County held an informational public forum about Medicare Monday night in the library. Jayme Colby, the director of nursing services and the patient care coordinator for Hospice, gave a PowerPoint presentation that outlined what hospice services are covered by Medicare."

Would anyone care to comment?

Rush University Medical Center is paying more than $1.5 million to settle allegations that it filed false claims to Medicare.

I read this in the Garden Grove paper and wanted to share it with you.

"Black and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure appear less likely to receive hospice care than white patients with the same condition, according to a report in the March 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."

I found this posted at WWW.YOUTUBE.COM on Tuesday.

I read this in the Grand Rapids paper and wanted to share it with you.

"A fight in the emergency room waiting room could cost Wilson Medical Center its Medicare certification."

The Administrator of Hillcrest West says the nursing home will keep its doors open no matter what the outcome of an appeal. All Medicare and Medicaid patients have been tranferred from the west Knoxville facility.