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    The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted July 25 to subpoena Dallas-based Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, and investigate the bankrupt, for-profit health system.
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    A physician who worked for two Pasadena, Calif., hospices pleaded guilty to his role in a fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare out of more than $3 million.
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    The director, chief of staff and chief of surgery at the Hampton (Va.) VA Medical Center are being replaced after the Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General released a report detailing "widespread failures" related to surgical services and quality management processes. 
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    A Louisiana physician was convicted for conspiring to illegally distribute more than 1.8 million opioids and defrauding healthcare benefit programs of more than $5.4 million. 
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    From the conviction of a home health company owner in a $100 million scheme, to the sentencing of a former Georgia insurance commissioner on a conspiracy charge, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since July 11:
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    A Louisiana nursing home owner who sent more than 800 residents to a warehouse during Hurricane Ida in 2021 will only serve three years of probation, The New York Times reported July 22.
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    Texas Children's Hospital in Houston is being investigated by state and federal officials for allegedly illegally billing Medicaid for transgender care, the Houston Chronicle reported July 22. 
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    The part owner and operator of a home health company was convicted for her role in a $100 million Medicaid fraud scheme. 
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    Catherine Leavy, 37, was sentenced in federal court for calling in a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children's Hospital in 2022.
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    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed legislation that increases oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. 
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    An Ohio physician was sentenced to 26 months in prison for her role in a scheme that billed Medicare more than $8 million for orthotic devices that were not medically necessary.
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    A former nurse at WellSpan Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital has been accused of falsifying medical information following a patient's death, court documents show. 
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    A Whitefish, Mont. physician pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing Medicare and other healthcare programs in a $39 million telemedicine fraud scheme.
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    The board overseeing Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is seeking to reenter Chapter 9 bankruptcy, arguing that a judge improperly tossed its case based on an "unduly narrow" view of insolvency tests while excluding its pension obligations from the analysis.

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