From a New York City physician indicted in an alleged $20.7 million scheme to a call center owner indicted in a $97 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 16:
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A jury recently convicted the former CEO of a medical device company in connection to the company's creation and sale of a dummy medical device part that was implanted in patients, the Justice Department said March 6.
Chloe Zellner, 18, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for carjacking and assaulting a nurse outside of a Wisconsin hospital, WTAQ reported March 6.
A Washington state county court on Feb. 28 dismissed a lawsuit filed against UW Medicine, which accused the Seattle-based system of losing a patient's tumor before it could be tested for cancer.
An Oregon law firm is reviewing 58 cases involving claims of infection at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, 34 of which involve wrongful death, according to a March 5 report from ABC affiliate KDRV.
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A nurse filed a lawsuit against her former employer, PeaceHealth, alleging the Vancouver, Wash.-based system failed to provide 30-minute meal breaks because of understaffing, The Columbian reported March 5.
A Florida man and woman were each sentenced to 27 months in prison for their roles in a scheme that submitted $125 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Tricare.
A recent report from Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Properties Trust, the largest hospital landlord in the U.S., touched on the possibility of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission activity and government investigations regarding some of MPT's assets and tenants.
A nurse practitioner is accused of writing fake prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills while unemployed, TribLive reported March. 4.
Six women who received ultrasounds between 2020 and 2022 at Sutter Health's Memorial Hospital in Los Banos, Calif., allege an ultrasound technician sexually assaulted them. Despite complaints and two police investigations, the technician remained employed, according to The San Francisco…