Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health of Long Island will not have to defend allegations it fraudulently diverted a nursing home's service payments to another facility while certifying compliance, according to an Oct. 16 Bloomberg report.
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New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University is facing mounting lawsuits from former patients who claim they underwent fertility procedures without receiving painkillers under the assumption that they would.
Charles Adams, MD, and his practice must pay more than $27 million for violating the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
A Cook County, Ill., jury awarded $55.5 million to Shamond Butler, 20, a man who suffered brain injuries during his birth at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Oct. 12.
The man accused of kidnapping and killing a Detroit nurse pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Oct. 10, NBC affiliate WDIV reported.
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Kaiser Permanente has reached a $200 million settlement with the California Department of Managed Health Care to resolve deficiencies in its delivery and management of behavioral healthcare.
A former Georgia paramedic was sentenced to eight years in prison after a patient died in an ambulance crash, Fox affiliate WAGA reported Oct. 12.
More than 60 women filed a class-action lawsuit accusing a former Boston-based Brigham and Women's physician of sexual abuse, WBUR reported Oct. 11.
The Department of Defense is being sued by Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora over changes to insurance reimbursements, The Gazette reported Oct. 11.
Three physicians at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center have filed suit against owner Los Angeles County, alleging that the misconduct of one orthopedic surgeon was overlooked by management for years, NBC News reports.