The CEO of biotech company Decision Diagnostics Corp., Keith Berman, was sentenced to seven years in prison for a securities fraud scheme that resulted in about $28 million in investor losses and obstruction of a related U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The U.S. filed a lawsuit against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, alleging the New York-based drugmaker of inflating Medicare reimbursement rates for Eylea, the Justice Department said.
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a formal complaint against St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., indicting it on multiple charges related to nurse management and staffing concerns.
The Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act intends to address workforce shortages across the country by better supporting internationally educated healthcare professionals.
An Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner is accused of prescribing $1 million worth of unneeded medical devices to Medicare patients, ABC affiliate KCCI reported April 9.
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Amid a community group's efforts to halt the closure of New York City-based Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, New York state lawmakers are considering a bill that would require public notice and public engagement when a hospital seeks closure, AMNY…
A Peoria, Ariz., physician has pleaded guilty to a healthcare fraud scheme that caused payers at least $3.7 million in losses.
From a California hospital appealing a judge's ruling in a bankruptcy case to the Federal Trade Commission seeking to block Novant Health from acquiring two hospitals, here are eight lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since March 26:
The board overseeing Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is appealing a California judge's ruling that found the hospital ineligible to remain in Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
Buncombe County in North Carolina has filed a motion to intervene in the attorney general's lawsuit against HCA and is seeking $3 million in damages it claims HCA Mission Hospital has cost taxpayers through "excessive" wait times for patients to…