GAO: Ex-Medicare Chief Should Repay Salary
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The former Medicare administrator should repay his government salary because of his efforts to keep higher estimates of the cost of a prescription drug plan from Congress last year, congressional investigators said Tuesday.
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The Bush administration illegally withheld data from Congress on the cost of the new Medicare law, and as a penalty, the former head of the Medicare agency, Thomas A. Scully
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Home care provider will feel the pinch from lower Medicare reimbursement.
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Lockheed Martin Corp  has  agreed to pay a former employee $2.5 million, more than any  individual has received in the settlement of a racial  discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment and  Opportunity Commission, attorneys for the agency said on  Wednesday.
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A prescription drug benefit of the U.S. Medicare program is a "financially irresponsible" addition to a system that was already on course for possible bankruptcy, the U.S. government's top accountant said in an interview on Sunday.
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The role of the executive assistant has drawn scrutiny after the disclosure that the former New York Stock Exchange chairman's assistant was paid $240,000 a year.
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DAVIE, Fla. -- An arbitrator ruled that retired running back Ricky Williams must repay the Dolphins $8.6 million he earned in salary during his five-year NFL career, an NFL official said Friday.
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Crime may not pay, but blowing the whistle on companies that swindle the government sure can. Jim Alderson got &#36;20 million in one settlement and split &#36;100 million with another whistleblower in a related case, both involving Medicare fraud by the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain and a company it acquired.
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HealthSouth Corp. has agreed to pay the US government $325 million to settle numerous allegations that the company defrauded Medicare and other government health programs, the Justice Department said yesterday.
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Miramax Films is seeking compensation from the former head of its Italian unit, claiming that the executive, a friend of the companyÂs co-chairman, also held another job.
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The University of Washington overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by at least $100 million over 10 years, despite an &quot;abundance of evidence&quot; that it knew the rules for proper billing, according to a newly disclosed slide show used by federal attorneys to make
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Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams must repay the team &#36;8.6 million in bonus money, a judge in Florida ruled Tuesday.
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UnitedHealth Group's UNH.N  UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $3.5 million  to settle charges that it defrauded the Medicare program, the  Justice Department said on Monday.
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A senior Senate Republican said on  Sunday Congress should adjust the Medicare drug benefit to rein  in costs, even though President Bush has threatened to veto any  weakening of the plan.
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Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was ordered Friday to repay the team more than &#36;8.6 million for breaching his contract when he suddenly quit before training camp.
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UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., a branch of UnitedHealth Group, will pay $3.5 million to settle charges that it defrauded the Medicare program, the US Department of Justice announced Monday.
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Most people will have to pay 5.6 percent more for basic Medicare coverage next year, but more affluent beneficiaries can expect increases as high as 83.2 percent as the federal government for the first time requires wealthier seniors to pay higher premiums, Medicare officials announced today.