1. Anthem brings rejection of Cigna deal to Supreme Court
Anthem filed a petition Friday calling for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals denying a $54 billion merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Hartford, Conn.-based Cigna.
2. Florida physician convicted on 67 counts of Medicare fraud
After three days of deliberation, a jury convicted Salomon Melgen, MD, a Florida ophthalmologist, on 67 counts of Medicare fraud April 28.
3. Quest Diagnostics agrees to pay $6M False Claims Act settlement
Madison, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics will pay $6 million to settle allegations its subsidiary, Alameda, Calif.-based Berkeley HeartLab, violated the Anti-Kickback Statute of the False Claims Act.
4. Partners, Brigham and Women’s to pay $10M to settle research fraud suit
Boston-based Partners HealthCare and Brigham and Women’s Hospital agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that a Brigham and Women’s stem cell research laboratory fraudulently obtained funding from the National Institutes of Health.
5. IU Health, HealthNet pay $18M to resolve false billing allegations
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health and HealthNet, a federally qualified health center that primarily provides care to low-income populations, agreed to pay the federal government and Indiana a combined $18 million to resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute allegations.
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