Health system agrees to pay nearly $1 million for cardiologist’s alleged improper Medicare billing
A health system in Philadelphia agreed to pay nearly $1 million to resolve allegations that a cardiologist improperly billed Medicare for unnecessary services, Philadelphia Business Journal reports.
The Einstein Healthcare Network voluntarily disclosed the allegations and said the cardiologist submitted the bills between October 2010 and January 2012. The newspaper reported that the cardiologist no longer works for the health system.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.