A Massachusetts-based orthopedic surgeon was convicted by a federal jury for his role in an upcoding scheme.
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A judge told St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital it would not decide on a retrial for its lawsuit case that was brought to light in a Netflix documentary until after the holidays, Fox 13 News reported.
During a learning session at Becker's 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, Ed Gaines, vice president of regulatory affairs and industry liaison for Zotec Partners, led a discussion with healthcare leaders on the current regulatory environment and how it's expected…
A furloughed inmate who walked away from Erie, Pa.-based UPMC Hamot on Dec. 9 while receiving medical treatment at the facility is facing charges after police said he fled Erie in a car he stole from a hospital employee, the…
North Carolina's attorney general is suing HCA Healthcare, alleging the for-profit hospital operator has cut emergency and cancer care at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System and lapsed on its 2019 purchase agreement in doing so.
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From the former CEO of MetroHealth filing a motion to drop his lawsuit against the hospital's board, to Washington University in St. Louis accusing the Missouri attorney general of violating HIPAA, here are six hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments…
A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to offenses related to a bomb threat he called in to Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital in May 2021.
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, went into lockdown Dec. 12 after police responded to reports of a man with an assault-style weapon at the hospital.
Three people have been charged for their alleged roles in a scheme to defraud Minnesota's Medicaid program out of nearly $11 million.
Audu Ozigi, a former operator of home health agencies, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, falsifying patient files and fraudulently billing Medicare and…