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June 18, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Authorities arrest 243 people in $712 million Medicare fraud

The charges are based on a variety of alleged fraud schemes, the government said, including submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the healthcare program for low-income individuals, for treatments that were medically unnecessary and often never provided. The nationwide sweep, led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is the largest in its history, both in terms of the number of those

June 18, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Thailand confirms first MERS case as virus spreads in Asia

Thailand on Thursday said a 75-year-old man from Oman was confirmed to have MERS in Southeast Asia’s first case of the virus since an outbreak in South Korea that has killed 23 people. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has spread at an alarmingly rapid pace in South Korea since the first case was diagnosed on May 20, infecting 165 in what is the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia. Thailand, a

June 18, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

UAW president says union wants to expand healthcare pool

United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Thursday that he wants to enter talks with the three major U.S. automakers about expanding the healthcare insurance pool to include active union workers, retirees and perhaps salaried workers. Williams said the larger pool would mean lower prices for drug prescriptions, hospital stays and other healthcare services. This would not mean giving healthcare program management for UAW retirees back to the companies,