Six national hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association, are urging the Supreme Court to review a case that challenges how HHS applies Congress' formula for calculating Disproportionate Share Hospital payment.
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Huge malpractice awards against physicians and hospitals are on the rise, Medscape reported Feb. 2.
A French advertising company that worked on Purdue Pharma's OxyContin account agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of falsely marketing opioids as safe and unable to be abused.
The owner of a Livonia, Mich.-based home health care company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million fraud scheme.
A California man convicted multiple times for healthcare fraud was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his latest scheme.
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Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is facing a lawsuit that accuses it of sharing patient information with third parties, ClassAction.org reported Jan. 30.
A Spokane, Wash.-based physician agreed to pay $95,000 to resolve allegations he ordered medically unnecessary durable medical equipment as part of a kickback scheme.
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar has reached an agreement with the Justice Department after allegedly depriving individuals with disabilities access to medical care by excluding the presence of their support persons.
A Florida man was arrested on charges of submitting false Medicare claims exceeding $17 million through his two medical supply companies, the Justice Department said Jan. 30.
A patient wielding a knife was shot and killed by an officer at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Georgia, Atlanta News First reported Jan. 30.