Aug. 28—A company that provides oxygen equipment agreed to a $29 million settlement to resolve claims, brought by whistleblowers, that they were overbilling Medicare. It's the largest-ever health care ...

(Reuters) - Linde AG's Lincare unit has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the company of fraudulently billing the U.S. government for oxygen and respiratory care ...

Wake up and good morning. After some strong hints last week, home oxygen supplier Lincare -- one of Tampa Bay's bigger public companies -- on Sunday agreed to be acquired by the German giant Linde in ...

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The new Medicare Bill has left the home oxygen provider gasping. Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ:LNCR) knew it was coming and so did investors, but the severity of the new Medicare Bill has left them ...

Like tossing out the baby with the bath water, Medicare is saving money for the taxpayers by depriving seriously ill people of life-giving oxygen, forgetting that taxpayers are also patients. That's ...

In all, 10 geographic areas, including Greater Cleveland and Cincinnati, were targeted for the first bidding round. Suppliers of medical equipment such as hospital beds, oxygen, walkers and complex ...

BERLIN (AP) — Linde AG, a German-based company that specializes in industrial and medical gases including oxygen, said Monday it is looking to get a bigger slice of the growing health care market from ...