If you have been in the medical industry for a while, by now you must be aware that the healthcare sector has changed dramatically in just a few years. The change hasn’t been all good. Both small ...

In August, Thomas Pontinen, MD, a Chicago-based anesthesiologist, found himself spending far more time with his billing vendor than he wanted. It was a new contract — the fifth billing company he has ...

Leamy: Using an advocate makes sense despite contracted insurance rates. March 8, 2010 — -- I want to answer viewer questions again this week, because we're really beginning to have a vibrant, ...

CHICAGO, IL – A suburban Chicago physician has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-year scheme to defraud Medicaid and private insurers. She was also ordered to pay ...