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UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc.'s Internal Investigation Leads to SEC Action and Criminal Charges Against Former Executive Officer

COLUMBIA, S.C., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. (UCIA.PK) announced that on July 6, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina against Jerry F. Wells, Jr., the former Executive ...

National Pharmacy Omnicare Pays 'Unusual' Settlement to Resolve Charges of Generic Drug Switching in Delaware Nursing Homes, Resulting From 'Qui Tam' Lawsuit

Omnicare, Inc., which calls itself "the nation's leading provider of pharmaceutical care for seniors," paid $283,000 to settle Medicaid fraud charges by the State of Delaware. Delaware alleged that the pharmacy had committed Medicaid fraud by illegally switching the drugs of senior cit...

Minnesota Hospitals Pay $2.28 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Charges Involving Kyphoplasty

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Three HealthEast hospitals in the St. Paul, Minnesota, area have agreed to pay the federal government a total of $2.28 million to settle a whistleblower ("qui tam") lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud involving a certain type of spinal surgery known as kyphoplas...

Nurses Call for Broader Action to Combat Swine Flu: Boost Public Health, Moratorium on Closures, Layoffs, Suspend Insurance Charges that Discourage Prevention

OAKLAND, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest organization of registered nurses today called for broader, national action to promote containment and prevention of a broader swine flu pandemic. While welcoming the Obama administration's call on Congress Tuesday to allocate $1....

Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett Announces a Multi-State, $7 Million Settlement With Airborne Health, Inc., Over Charges of Deceptive Advertising

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania, along with 31 other states and the District of Columbia, reached a $7 million settlement with Airborne Health, Inc., and its owners, over allegations of deceptive advertising and marketing of numerous products containing their Airbo...

New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., has agreed to pay the United States $3.85 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The settlement resolves allegations that the...

Carlyle-ManorCare Facing New Federal Charges for Breaking the Law: Interrogating, Threatening, Retaliating Against Nursing Home Workers for Trying to Form a Union

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Labor Relations Board issued new charges against Carlyle-ManorCare in Easton, Penn. yesterday. Workers from the Easton facility had filed a series of charges with the NLRB against ManorCare for interrogating, threatening, retaliatin...

As Charges Mount, Caregivers and Supporters Call on Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange to Help Stop Unlawful Intimidation of Workers

More than 6,000 supporters join call for fair & enforceable union election ground rules ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West: Caregivers who work at St. Joseph Health System and their supporters pre...

Author & Radio Host Tim Kellis Charges Psychologists Who Write Relationship Books are Helping to Spawn a Divorce Industry

http://www.happyrelationships.com BOCA RATON, Fla., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- If you're one of the many psychologists churning out relationships books today, you'll want to steer clear of marriage maestro Tim Kellis. Kellis, an author himself and a radio talk show host...

Cathedral Healthcare System to Pay U.S. $5.3 Million to Resolve Allegations Involving Inflated Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement

WASHINGTON and NEWARK, N.J., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cathedral Healthcare System Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $5.3 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program, the Justice Department announced today. The settlement res...

Digital Healthcare Files to Enjoin Two State of Ohio Departments; Charges Bid-Steering and Breach of Agreement in Program to Control Medicaid Overpayment of Insurance Claims

CLEVELAND, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Digital Healthcare Systems filed to enjoin the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (ODAS) and the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) regarding a state-issued request for services to coordinate benefits (COB), a procedu...

Federal Charges Filed Against Community Medical Centers Management

Workers to Testify Tonight at Fair Election Commission Hearing After CMC Silence in Response to Meeting Invitations FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, healthcare workers who are forming a union at Community Medical Centers are filing a series of charges against manage...

Unions File Charges Against Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Three Northern California Hospitals

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West and SEIU Local 121RN have filed for injunctive relief seeking to stop Tenet Healthcare Corp. from cutting health benefits for nearly 7,000 California hospital employees, including registered nurses, pharmacists, lice...

Unions File Charges Against Tenet Healthcare Corporation

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West and SEIU Local 121RN have filed for injunctive relief seeking to stop Tenet Healthcare Corp. from cutting health benefits for nearly 7,000 California hospital employees, including registered nurses, pharmacists, li...

UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc.'s Internal Investigation Leads to Former Executive Officer Pleading Guilty to Criminal Charges

COLUMBIA, S.C., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. (Other OTC: UCIA) announced that Jerry Francis Wells, Jr., the former Executive Vice-President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary of UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. (the "Company"), pled guilty on July...

CVS, America's Largest Pharmacy Chain, Pays Nearly $37 Million to Settle Federal and State Generic Drug Switching Charges

A COMPLETE NEWS RELEASE is available at http://www.pharmacyfraudsettlement.com with filed documents, fraud allegations, applicable federal law, and information about the qui tam whistleblower attorneys in this case. ABOUT PHARMACISTS: As front line profes...

Major US Airline Discriminates Against Disabled Passenger, Lawsuit Charges

Dystonia-Affected Man Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Airways for Denying Right to Fly; Case Could Set Precedent for Airline Travel Rights of Persons with Disabilities JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A 26-year-old disabled man, who was denied access to a U.S....

Indian Born Dr. Death Claims All Charges Against Him are Dropped

Indian born rogue surgeon, Dr. Jayant Patel has apparently told his neighbours in the US, that charges of manslaughter against him in Queensland, and causing death due to negligence, have been dropped. Dr Patel, dubbed Dr. Death has been linked to 17 deaths at Bundaberg Base Hospital, Queensland. ...

Well known Psychiatrist in UK faces charges for misconduct with client

One the the most respected doctors in the field of Psychiatry in the UK is facing charges of misconduct.// The General Medical Council conducted a disciplinary hearing to look into the charges made against Dr Russell Reid one of the most famous gender psychiatrist in the UK for having apparentl...

Abolish Car Parking Charges at Welsh Hospitals, says BMA Cymru Wales

Doctors leaders in Wales are calling on the National Assembly for Wales to abolish car parking charges at hospitals throughout Wales and release// patients from a heavy financial burden. Welsh Secretary of the BMA, Dr Richard Lewis said: "Charging people to park at hospitals is an indirect ta...

Escalating Healthcare charges in UAE

In UAE, the common man has seen a rapid increase in healthcare charges over the past few years. The people in UAE have been affected not only by the rising cost of living// but also by the health sector, which has become a money-spinning business. The government in 2003 revised the healthcare f...

Medicos Seek NHRC Intervention on User Charges at AIIMS

The issue of delay in withdrawal of "user charges" at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was today brought to the notice of the National Human Rights Commission // (NHRC) with a medicos' body seeking its intervention on the matter. In a letter to NHRC Chairperson A S Anand, th...

First Gay Man Prosecuted On the Charges of Infecting His Lover with HIV

Mark James, of Burgess Hill, West Sussex was prosecuted for intentionally infecting his live in lover with HIV and a warrant was issued to arrest him.// He failed to appear at court and the Judge Jonathan Lowen told Isleworth Crown Court that the 47-year-old businessman would be sentence in hi...

NHS Charges Needs To Be Reviewed

According to the parliament's Health Select Committee the charges levied by the National Health Service in England needs to be reviewed//. It pointed out to the fact that the charges for prescriptions, dentistry and eye care do not have any comprehensible underlying principles. Hence it conclud...

User Charges At AIIMS Rolled Back

In an important move that will benefit poor patients, the Centre today decided to roll back the user charges in the prestigious All India Institute// of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The decision to withdraw the user charges, imposed earlier this year, was taken at a meeting of the AIIMS Institute...

Parking Charges at Hospitals Morally Wrong

Charities and patients' groups told MSPs that charging patients and their relatives for parking at hospitals is ‘morally wrong'. // They also voiced their concerns about increasing number of people who would be affected by parking because of centralisation of hospital services. Patien...

User charges imposed on AIIMS patients may be withdrawn

Government is considering doing away with the user charges imposed on patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences// (AIIMS) here, a senior CPI(M) MP said today. This was conveyed to a delegation of Members of Parliment led by CPI(M) member Basudeb Acharia when they called on Prime ...

Doctors to Reveal Gap Fees Charges to Patients

The doctors have been forced to disclose details about their out of pocket expenses following radical overhaul of health insurance premiums// by the Federal Government. In an attempt to encourage young people to take out private health cover, it has been further planned to abolish the two five perc...

Doctor Cleared Of Charges of Killing a baby

Dr Mohie El-Khadem of Prestbury Avenue, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, was found not guilty of killing baby Olivia Rowlings//. The doctor has been cleared of the manslaughter of a baby who died of head injuries eight hours after being born. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court took five hours to r...

Whopping Cancer Treatment Charges May See the Light of Day

The cost of treatment at the community-built Riverina Cancer Care Centre is looking forward to some change, with expectations hovering around reduction in prices, which will bring about the much needed respite after the recent price hike. // This has happened following fears expressed by the cancer...

Minister Defends Hike in AIIMS Treatment Charges

Health Minister of India Anbumoni Ramdoss justified the increase in the fees for lab tests and treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences //(AIIMS), saying that this was necessary to maintain the quality of the services. This is incidentally the first time that a hike is taking place ...

Texas Youth Commission Reeling Under Multiple Charges

The Texas Youth Commission’s (TYC) facilities continue to reel under allegations of ward neglect and abuse, after the Dallas Morning News unearthed sordid// details about the agency. Leaders of the state continue the investigations of sexual and physical abuse of the juvenile inmates, as well ...

Spouse's Income Taken Into Account In Nursing Home Charges

The HSE and Department of Health have admitted that some nursing homes do take into account spouse's income before deciding on the charges//. This does not concur with the existing legislation. Fine Gael health spokesman Dr Liam Twomey said that the report on more illegal charges was worrying....

Ofcom To Assess The Bedside Call Charges

Ofcom, which is a telecom regulator, found that incoming call to bedside phones cost higher than the call made to Australia. It demanded the health department to review the charges levied on the bedside phones. // This came about after the relatives of the patients started complaining of the b...

Warner Chilcott Reports Operating Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 and Updates 2009 Full Year Guidance

...ements presented in accordance with US GAAP, the Company is providing a summary to show the computation of adjusted EBITDA taking into account certain charges that were taken during the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. The computation of adjusted EBITDA is based on the definition of EBIT...

Hill-Rom Reports Third Quarter Financial Results

...ludes strategic developments, undetermined special charges and the impact of significant litigation. Such ite....8) (470.0) - - - Special charges (2.6) (17.8) - (20.5) ... - - Acquisition integration charges 0.6 0.2 0.01 - - ...

Cogdell Spencer Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...nd operating partnership unit, excluding after-tax charges totaling ($103.3 million), or ($3.35) per share an... the six months ended June 30, 2009, including the charges described above, was ($88.8 million), or ($2.88) p...hare and operating partnership unit, excluding the charges described above. FFO including the...

AMN Healthcare Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

...ing mainly of severance payments and lease-related charges associated with various facility, branding and bac... 19.0% 19.2% Restructuring charges 2,152 - 100% Impairment charges - - 0% De...

US Oncology Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

...t of debt and impairment and restructuring charges are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. (4) Not mea...40 18,131 Impairment and restructuring charges 381 464 ... 41,228 Impairment and restructuring charges 1,790 381,770 Depreciati...

Smart Balance Announces 2009 Second Quarter Results

... --- ----- Non-cash charges affecting Operating Income: Stock-based ... --- Operating Income excluding non-cash charges 7.7 4.3 ... --- ----- Non-cash charges after-tax affecting Net Income(Loss): St...