The owner of telemedicine company TelevisitMD was sentenced to 20 years in prison for leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that ran for more than six years. Christopher Harwood, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was also ordered to pay…

Kraft Heinz and Ralph Lauren are among a group of six large self-insured employers suing UnitedHealth, alleging the insurer routinely approved and paid false, fraudulent and inflated medical claims with their employee health plan money while pocketing undisclosed fees. The…

A visitor was fatally shot Oct. 22 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo., and a patient has been charged with second-degree murder, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said. The patient, James Lawson, also faces charges of armed criminal action…

HHS and the Department of Justice’s Civil Division have launched a six-month pilot program for healthcare companies that report themselves for potential civil violations of the False Claims Act. Under the Healthcare False Claims Act Self-Disclosure Pilot Program, companies that…

The Justice Department has charged 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, in a series of alleged healthcare fraud schemes involving about $2 billion in fraudulent claims to government and commercial payers combined. The charges, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

A federal judge granted final approval Oct. 21 to a settlement valued at about $42.7 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit that accused Renton, Wash.-based Providence of mishandling forfeited funds in its employee 401(k) plan.  “Providence can confirm that the…

A Department of Justice investigation found a seventh medical school discriminated in its admission process based on race. It said that Ohio State University College of Medicine discriminated against white and Asian students in its 2023, 2024 and 2025 admissions.…

Amazon, Axon, Google, Meta and Oracle are asking the insurers and third-party administrators that run their health plans to expand electronic prior authorization upgrades, first promised under a 2025 federal pledge, to the self-funded market. CMS and the Labor Department…

The California Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has sued the California Department of Public Health and the Office of Administrative Law. The suit alleges that state regulations improperly bar certified registered nurse anesthetists from serving on hospital medical staff. CANA filed…

A federal judge in June dismissed several claims in a lawsuit brought by four physicians against former leaders of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health and canceled the jury trial that had been scheduled for late 2026. The physicians have since filed…