The Justice Department has launched a civil antitrust investigation into New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian regarding concerns over health insurer contracts that could have raised healthcare costs and lessened competition, The New York Times reported July 28. The subpoena, obtained by…
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CMS is terminating Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital’s participation in the Medicare program, effective Aug. 9. In a public notice, CMS said the hospital is not in compliance with requirements for “nursing services, emergency services and physician environment.” The Medicare program…
A Florida man was sentenced to 17½ years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that submitted more than $10.8 million in fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment to Medicare. What happened?
Columbia University has agreed to pay the federal government $200 million to resolve multiple investigations and restore funding the Trump administration pulled from the New York City-based school in the spring. In March, the White House withheld $400 million from…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has agreed to a multistate settlement over allegations it illegally required entry-level nurses to repay training costs, according to a July 24 news release from the office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. HCA and its…
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From Steward Health Care suing its former CEO to an AdventHealth hospital suing BCBS Kansas City over clinical validation audits, here are 10 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments involving hospitals that Becker’s has reported since June 18: 1. Dallas-based Steward…
Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a lawsuit July 15 in bankruptcy court against its former chairman and CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, and other top system executives, claiming they conducted insider transactions that drained Steward’s assets and contributed to…
From the largest National Health Care Fraud Takedown operation in the Justice Department’s history to another suspect charged in a case involving a Chicago hospital, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported on since June 30:…
New Jersey’s high court unanimously rejected arguments brought forth by more than a dozen hospitals that charity care is an unconstitutional taking of private property without just compensation, NJ.com reported July 16. State Supreme Court Justice Douglas Fasciale wrote in…
A 63-year-old man has been arrested in connection with death threats made against the CEO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital. Lawrence Brunn of Oakmont, Pa., has been charged with cyber harassment and could face up to five years in federal…