Mar 5, 2021 11:58am
The CEO of a group of pain clinics was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a $150 million fraud scheme. (Getty Images/alfexe)
The CEO of a Michigan- and Ohio-based group of pain clinics and other providers was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a $150 million fraud and opioid distribution scheme.
Mashiyat Rashid, 40, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was also ordered to pay more than $51 million in restitution to Medicare and to forfeit property traceable to scheme to the U.S., which includes $11.5 million in real estate and a Detroit Pistons season ticket membership.
Blue Shield of California and CommonSpirit Health have teamed to rethink patient billing. (Getty/ChrisBoswell)
Blue Shield of California has teamed up with CommonSpirit Health and software startup OODA Health to offer a more retail-like billing experience for patients.
The insurer initially launched a pilot of its Member Payments program at two Dignity Health hospitals in Sacramento. The pilot was initially planned to last a year but expanded to six hospitals soon after launch, Blue Shield said.
The latest expansion adds 20 more hospitals to the program. The effort is part of the insurer s broader Health Reimagined initiative.
Blue Shield members enrolled in the program receive a consolidated and easy-to-understand monthly bill and have a slew of payment options to cover the cost in full or in interest-free installments, the insurer said.