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 ...

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MUNICH, GERMANY--(Marketwire -08/14/12)- The Linde Group announced today that it has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of Lincare Holdings Inc. (LNCR). As a result of the ...

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Lincare claimed it had not violated HIPAA rules because the protected health information was "stolen" by the individual who discovered it on the premises previously shared with the Lincare employee.

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 ...

Lincare, a supplier of durable medical equipment (DME), agreed to pay $25.5 million to settle allegations it billed federal health programs for the rental of ventilator machines after patients no ...

(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 ...

On Monday, Lincare Holdings announced that it will begin disbursing some of its cash to shareholders in the form of a 20-cent regular quarterly dividend. The Clearwater, Fla., company’s primary ...

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