Pfizer has agreed to pay more than $60 million to resolve allegations that some of the pharmaceutical company's subsidiaries bribed government officials and healthcare professionals overseas to influence the approval of Pfizer products.
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States that opt into the Medicaid expansion can later decide to drop out, according to Cindy Mann, CMS deputy administrator and director of the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.
A University of Miami employee has been charged with stealing $14 million in prescription drugs from the university's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center over three years, according to a Miami Herald report.
There are several different legal issues that face the healthcare provider and surgery center industry. This article briefly outlines 11 core legal risk areas.
Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del., has reached a settlement exceeding $100 million to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by patients who received care from a pediatrician who was a pedophile, according to a Daily Times report.
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A judge has dismissed a false claims lawsuit against Kernan Hospital in Baltimore that alleged the orthopedic and rehabilitation facility systematically overbilled federal health programs for a severe form of malnutrition.
A judge has dismissed a physician's lawsuit against Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, which alleged the hospital denied the plaintiff's rights to inventions he produced at home, according to a Boston Globe report.
HHS and CMS issued an interim final rule (pdf), in which HHS will adopt operating rules for electronic funds transfers, electronic remittance advice transactions and other HIPAA administrative tasks.
The Alabama State Committee of Public Health has classified anesthetic drug Propofol as a Schedule IV controlled substance, according to a state press release.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced (pdf) the filing of a lawsuit and a settlement against Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health regarding its acquisition of the two largest cardiology practices in Reno.