An Indian-American pharmacist has been sentenced to 17 years in prison by a US court for a major healthcare fraud worth USD 57 million. Babubhai (Bob) Patel, 50, who owned and operated 26 pharmacies across metro Detroit, was sentenced in Michigan court, five months after a jury convicted him of billing the government for more than USD 57 million for painkillers that were medically unnecessary or never provided. ...
02:30 PM, Feb 03, 2013
A unique initiative has been undertaken by a Pune Doctor. Following the Beed female infanticide cases, Dr Ganesh Rakh of Pune's Medicare multispeciality hospital has stopped charging any fees to deliver a girl child. The birth of a girl child is celebrated in the hospital by distributing sweets and by treating the mother and child for free. Till date, the hospital has given free treatment to 135 women and their...
10:02 AM, Jan 22, 2013
An Indian-origin woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay a penalty of over $14 million on charges of healthcare fraud. ...
11:28 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box. For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively - Republican Mitt Romney - lost. More women voted for the other guy. ...
11:04 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New York: As early voting proceeds across the country ahead of Tuesday's presidential election, voters over 50 continue to be more likely than most to prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney to President Barack Obama and to favor Romney's position on two issues that directly affect the elderly: healthcare and Medicare. While Friday's Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll saw the candidates at an effective dead heat among all likely voters, older likely...
05:29 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: Awarding a record compensation in a medical negligence case, the country apex consumer panel has directed that a US-based Indian origin doctor be paid Rs 1.73 crore for the death of his wife who had undergone treatment at a prominent hospital in Kolkata in 1998. The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) asked three Kolkata doctors and the Advanced Medicare and Research Institute to share the compensation to...
05:26 PM, Oct 21, 2011
Boston: An Indian-American physician will pay more than $5 million to the US government to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to health-care programmes. Rakesh Nathu, a Las Vegas physician, has agreed to pay pay 5.7 million dollars plus interest as settlement, the Justice Department has announced. The government alleges that Nathu submitted improper claims to health-care programmes Medicare, TRICARE and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan from 2007...
07:17 AM, Jul 01, 2011
Suresh Chand has been sentenced to 81-months in prison for his role in a $18 mn medicare conspiracy. ...
12:21 PM, Apr 09, 2010
Sharjah: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq wants fast-improving teams like Afghanistan to play more international matches against Test-playing nations to be better able to gauge their progress. Having been awarded one-day international status in 2009, Afghanistan will play their first ODI against a Test-playing country on Friday when it takes on Pakistan. "Once you play against Test teams, only then you can know what type of improvement is required," Misbah said. "It's ...
04:03 AM, Apr 22, 2008
