Seattle Children's Hospital has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former nurse who claimed the hospital failed, repeatedly, to adequately address her concerns, allowing the incidents to continue.
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On March 12, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law, ruling that drugmakers cannot restrict 340B program offerings from community and specialty pharmacies.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital agreed to pay millions of dollars to resolve kickback allegations.
A father and son have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme that attempted to defraud Medicare out of $46 million.
The Federal Trade Commission and 10 states are suing a "sham" charity and its operator for deceiving donors and funneling profits into its own pockets.
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Bradley Grigg, former chief behavioral health officer at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, has accepted a plea deal that allows him to avoid prison time, local news outlet KTOO reported March 11.
Police arrested a 54-year-old employee at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Gifford, Fla., March 7 after law enforcement found the individual had firearms and ammunition in his possession on the facility's campus, local news outlets reported after the sheriff's…
From a New York City physician indicted in an alleged $20.7 million scheme to a call center owner indicted in a $97 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 16:
A jury recently convicted the former CEO of a medical device company in connection to the company's creation and sale of a dummy medical device part that was implanted in patients, the Justice Department said March 6.
Chloe Zellner, 18, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for carjacking and assaulting a nurse outside of a Wisconsin hospital, WTAQ reported March 6.