Federal prosecutors filed a June 11 emergency motion to dismiss an indictment with prejudice against two co-defendants in the COVID-19 testing fraud case connected to Anosh Ahmed, MD, former CFO and COO of Chicago-based Loretto Hospital. The government’s emergency motion,…
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From hospital staffing enforcement to pharmacy pricing and prior authorization reform, several healthcare-related laws are set to take effect July 1. Here are four new rules and laws to know: 1. Federal student loan caps for PA and CRNA programs…
On June 10, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said Sacramento-based University of California Davis School of Medicine discriminated based on race in its admissions process, the third such finding against a major medical school in two months. Five things…
From two health plan vendors agreeing to settle Medicare Advantage fraud allegations, to the conviction of a New York clinic owner in a $52 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s reported on since May 19:…
I have practiced medicine for 24 years. I have watched patients recover, watched communities grow, and watched colleagues practice with pride in what they built. What I never expected to watch was Medicare pay me less than it costs to…
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Anosh Ahmed, MD, former CFO and COO of Chicago-based Loretto Hospital, filed a June 9 motion to join co-defendants in seeking a dismissal of his federal indictment with prejudice for a COVID-19 testing fraud case. The indictment, filed in June…
So far in 2026, Becker’s has covered four hospitals that were hit with an immediate jeopardy warning. An immediate jeopardy is a rare, serious situation for healthcare facilities, as it requires immediate corrective action and carries the risk of losing…
Cleveland-based Cleveland Clinic has agreed to pay $308,000 and commit $2 million toward care for patients seeking detransition-related services as part of agreements with the Justice Department and the Ohio attorney general’s office that include a decades-long commitment to stop…
A federal judge ruled June 8 that the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions is unlawful, vacating a policy that had led some hospitals to pause the petitions for foreign-trained physicians and other workers. Here are six…
HHS and the Education Department announced increased nutrition requirements in education, testing, training and residency. Here is what to know. 1. Eight of the nation’s leading accreditors, assessors and organizations have committed to increase nutritional education, including the National Board…