The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has released a 170-page report summarizing the findings of its investigation into allegations of unnecessary heart stents performed by Mark Midei, MD, at St.

Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health may face 72 lawsuits filed by coronary patients who claim two of the system’s physicians performed unnecessary heart surgeries, according to a Tribune-Review report ...

Federal and state regulators have increased scrutiny around false claims involving medically unnecessary services in recent years. Such claims are costly to Medicare, Medicaid and other payors, and ...

Joseph P. Galichia, MD, a Wichita, Kansas, cardiologist, has agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve allegations that he and his medical group, Galichia Medical Group (GMED), improperly billed federal ...

April 02--ASHLAND-- Whether King's Daughters Medical Center will pay tens of millions of dollars to settle claims its physicians performed unnecessary heart procedures remains unknown, but what is ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Each year, nearly a million Americans get a stent - a tiny mesh tube that props open a clogged artery. If you have heart disease, your doctor may recommend one. But whether you ...

For policymakers to cut medical spending, they must persuade doctors that some procedures are unnecessary. A friendly debate between two... Doctors Disagree About Effectiveness, Cost Of Stents In the ...

The procedure to place a stent, often called angioplasty, is performed to restore proper blood flow, reduce symptoms (like chest pain), and lower the risk of heart attacks.

Cardiovascular diseases constitute a major global health concern. Various complications that affect normal blood flow in ...