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Florida man pleads guilty in $3.6M fraud scheme
Orlando, Fla., resident Patrick Fitchner pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court to his role in a $3.6 million durable medical equipment kickback scheme. -
Physician sentenced to prison for unlawfully prescribing 100k pills
A South Carolina physician was sentenced to five years in prison for unlawfully prescribing a couple more than 100,000 pills of controlled substances. -
Judge: Pennsylvania physician group can't enforce surgeon's noncompete clause
A Pennsylvania judge ruled that Scranton-based Commonwealth Health's physician group cannot stop a former surgeon from working for a local competitor, The Times-Tribune reported Aug. 21. -
Former pharmacy president pleads guilty to role in $32M Medicare fraud scheme
A former president of a pharmacy business pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to charge Medicare and Tricare for expensive prescriptions obtained through kickbacks. -
All 50 states now allow collaborative pharmacy work
Every state in the U.S. now recognizes collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians. -
Lab owner sentenced to prison for role in $463M fraud scheme
A Georgia laboratory owner was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $463 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. -
Mayo Clinic still under investigation as another system enters Minnesota AG's crosshairs
The Minnesota attorney general's office has launched an investigation into the billing practices of Minneapolis-based Allina Health, joining an investigation launched late last year into Rochester-based Mayo Clinic's practices. -
Former respiratory therapist sentenced in death of 2 patients
A former respiratory therapist who pleaded guilty in the deaths of two Missouri hospital patients in the early 2000s has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, CBS affiliate KCTV reported Aug. 19. -
Allina Health faces Minnesota AG investigation
The Minnesota attorney general is launching an investigation into the billing practices of Minneapolis-based Allina Health following a New York Times article about the nonprofit system. -
Behavioral health program administrator convicted of fraud
The program administrator for a behavioral health company was convicted of charges related to a Medicaid billing fraud scheme. -
Maine healthcare workers take vaccine mandate fight to Supreme Court
A group of Maine healthcare workers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case regarding the state's COVID-19 shot mandate. -
Louisiana medical equipment company owner pleads guilty to $11.4 million Medicare, Medicaid fraud
A Louisiana medical equipment company owner pleaded guilty to billing over $11 million in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary devices. -
Florida medical equipment company owner sentenced in $11M Medicare medical equipment fraud scheme
A Florida resident was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in an $11 million scheme to defraud Medicare by supplying fraudulent orders for durable medical equipment. -
Federal appeals court rules in favor of PBMs in Oklahoma case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit issued a ruling Aug. 15 upending parts of an Oklahoma law that was created to help smaller pharmacies gain customers, The Oklahoman reported Aug. 17. -
Hospitals stay mum on Florida's immigration status law
Many health experts and clinicians have voiced concerns about the potential harms of a new Florida law that requires hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status, though hospital leaders in the state have stayed quieter on the issue, KFF Health News reported Aug. 17. -
Oklahoma physician, pharmacist charged with manslaughter plead not guilty
A physician and a pharmacist in Oklahoma pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter charges after a patient died in 2020 from an incorrect medication dose, according to court documents. -
Federal appeals court rules on mifepristone as access remains unchanged
As the Supreme Court considers a case against the approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortion, a federal court ruled Aug. 16 that the FDA had stretched too far in allowing the pill to be mail-ordered and for it to be used in the first 10 weeks of gestation. -
Former marketing director who allegedly hid guns at hospital enters diversion program
The former marketing director of a New Jersey hospital who was arrested last year after police found more than three dozen guns hidden inside an unlocked closet at the hospital has entered a pretrial diversion program, according to the Hudson County prosecutor's office. -
Air ambulance company pays $1M to settle allegations of failing to repay Medicare, Medicaid
Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Air Methods Corporation will pay $1.05M to the federal government to settle allegations it did not return overpayments it received from Medicare, Tricare and Kentucky Medicaid. -
North Carolina hospitals sued 7,500 patients over 6-year period, study finds
Five health systems in North Carolina filed nearly all of the state's hospital lawsuits against patients for unpaid bills, according to a Duke Law report.
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