Author: Paige Haeffele

The owner of a durable medical equipment company was charged for his alleged role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $70 million.

Only 1.5% of children in Massachusetts are uninsured, according to an April 9 report by personal finance website WalletHub.

Ali Khan, MD, was appointed as vice president and Medicare chief medical officer for Aetna, CVS Health's payer subsidiary.

Optum and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, employ approximately 90,000 physicians in total, making it the largest employer of physicians in the U.S. — but that did not occur overnight.

Justin Lundbye, MD, was named president of Catholic Health's Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y.

Nineteen physicians currently serve as legislators in the 118th Congress — four in the senate and 15 in the House of Representatives.

Becker's connected with nine physicians to discuss the risks the increasing number of physicians electing not to accept payments from Medicare pose to care delivery as a whole.

Legislators who spoke at the American Medical Association National Advocacy Conference encouraged physicians to continue to advocate for reform to address some of healthcare's biggest policy issues.

Susan Parisi, MD, serves as the inaugural chief wellness officer for Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System appointed Marie Crandall, MD, chair of its department of surgery.