The Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital has paid $3.2 million to Medicare to settle allegations that the hospital improperly billed the program for unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions from April 1998 to April 2006, according to a report in the New Haven…
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The LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport (La.) has settled federal allegations that it defrauded Medicare by billing $706,678 for services not provided, according to a report in the Shreveport Times.
Mimbres Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home in Deming, N.M., part of the Community Health Systems, has been named in $17 million lawsuit filed in United States District Court for violations of the federal False Claims Act, among other allegations, according…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released three National Coverage Determinations, which state that CMS will not pay for surgical errors.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., has agreed to pay $2.75 million to the United States Government to settle allegations that the hospital submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs, according to a news release from the United…
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The Colorado Medicaid Fraud Control Unit recovered more than $5.3 million in settlements and restitution in the fiscal year that ended June 30, the most since 1983, according to a report in the Denver Business Journal.
Two former CEOs of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta have filed lawsuits against one another, alleging job stealing and slander, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Stan Holm, CEO of Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City, Fla., recently appeared in the St. Petersburg Times as an author of an op-ed piece in support of physician-owned hospitals.
Antonia Novello, a former New York health commissioner, has pleaded guilty to filing false documents and forcing state employees to work overtime to perform her personal errands, costing the state approximately $50,000, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel.
Caritas Christi Health Care, a Boston-based Catholic hospital system has ended its joint venture with Missouri-based health insurer, Centene Corp., according to a report by the Boston Globe.