Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has formally opposed a proposed merger between Terre Haute’s only two hospitals, warning that the consolidation would create a “regional monopoly” and harm competition, care access and affordability in the Wabash Valley. In an April…
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A former Iowa licensed practical nurse has been sentenced to prison after failing to help a nursing home patient who died of asphyxiation, the Des Moines Register reported April 24. What is known: What’s next: The family of the deceased…
Two operators of a New Jersey-based marketing company were sentenced to prison for their roles in a $127 million healthcare fraud and kickback scheme. Four things to know: 1. Eric Karlewicz, 46, of Rockland County, N.Y., was sentenced to 51…
Navvis and St. Louis-based SSM Health have agreed to a $6.5 million settlement to resolve allegations related to a 2023 data breach, according to an April 21 report by Top Class Actions. Here are four things to know:
A nurse previously accused of harming three babies at a Virginia hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit now faces additional charges related to five infant patients. On April 22, prosecutors served six new indictments in a case that accuses Erin Strotman,…
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The American Hospital Association has filed briefs in three federal cases supporting Louisiana’s 340B contract pharmacy law. The briefs, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, oppose legal challenges from PhRMA, AbbVie and AstraZeneca, which argue…
A Florida judge has ruled in favor of a deceased patient’s family in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against Orlando Health, the Orlando Sentinel reported April 18. The judge’s ruling requires the health system to pay $45 million to the…
Frederick (Md.) Health is facing four lawsuits alleging the health system failed to protect patients’ sensitive data after a ransomware attack disrupted its IT systems in January, The Frederick News-Post reported April 21. The lawsuits claim the health system had…
From a Tennessee physician sentenced to prison for his role in a $41 million Medicare scheme to Walgreens agreeing to a $350 million settlement, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported since March 31: 1. Walgreens…
Walgreens has agreed to pay $350 million to resolve allegations it filled millions of unlawful opioid prescriptions and submitted false claims for payment to federal healthcare programs. The settlement includes a $300 million base payment and an additional $50 million…