Latest Updates on Medical Billing

A recent federal audit has uncovered that in the first six months of 2012, $30 million was billed to Medicare for some ambulance transports later termed “mystery rides” because agents could not determine whether the patient had actually received any…

WASHINGTON—The medical biller of a Chicago-area visiting physician practice was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for her role in a $4 million health care fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,…

CLEVELAND — A federal court jury in Cleveland has convicted a cardiologist of ordering unnecessary medical tests, performing unnecessary procedures and submitting fraudulent bills totaling $7.2 million. Harold Persaud, 56, of Westlake, was convicted on Friday of one count of health-care…

It can be the most unpleasant of surprises at a time a patient is still recovering from a recent surgery: A bill for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars for medical services shows up — services that the patient believed…

IF YOU HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED a hospital stay, you have probably been confused by the bills. Surgery that requires several days in a facility can result in a line-item bill that will make your head spin. And even a quick…