A former director at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital has been charged with stealing more than $600,000 from the system almost two years after an investigation was launched, according to an Oct. 25 WHYY report.
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A murder suspect who escaped Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University Hospital is back in custody after a seven-week search, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26.
Community Hospital for the Monterey Peninsula and its parent company, Montage Health, may file for a new trial after losing a $9.475 million wrongful termination case, Monterey County Weekly reported Oct. 26.
Sokari Bobmanuel, the former pharmacist-in-chief of Cornerstone Rx Pharmacy in Houston, and co-conspirator Alantha Stewart, the co-owner of Sunnyside Medical clinic were sentenced to a combined 24 years in prison for their roles in running a pill mill operation.
Cindy Norgen, 61, a former account manager at North Ottawa Community Health System, which joined Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health in October 2022, was given a minimum sentence of seven years in prison for embezzling more than $2 million from the…
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Ten people have been indicted in an alleged scheme that defrauded Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies out of at least $20 million by trafficking black-market HIV medication.
A Louisiana physician pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare out of $5.6 million by ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and cancer genetic testing.
Half of the hospitals that have been fined by CMS for alleged price transparency violations have appealed their penalties.
The federal government is planning to take another No Surprises Act court loss to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, according to an Oct. 20 court filing.
A Wyoming nurse pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a $6.1 million healthcare scheme in Idaho.