A Washington hospital nurse filed suit against a state insurance agency after being denied coverage for Wegovy, a weight management drug, The New York Times reported Oct. 10.
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Brian Hyatt, MD, the former leader of Arkansas' medical board, was arrested Oct. 9 for alleged Medicare fraud. Dr. Hyatt is also facing lawsuits from more than 40 former patients accusing him of holding them against their will when he…
A former Michigan certified nursing assistant has been charged with neglect and falsifying medical records after a patient's death.
A resident of Hudson Falls, N.Y., accused of stabbing two nurses at Saratoga Hospital is facing felony charges, CBS affiliate WRGB reported Oct. 8.
A Connecticut nurse pleaded not guilty to five counts of tampering with an anxiety medication meant for patients.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that aims to protect healthcare workers from surgical smoke by mandating the development and adoption of enforceable workplace protections.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved legislation directing the state's HHS to outline requirements for a federal wage application focused on universal healthcare coverage in partnership with the federal government, according to an Oct. 7 report from CBS Bay Area.
A California woman pleaded guilty to her role in a $359 million scheme to bill public and private insurers for unnecessary COVID-19 tests.
A former rheumatologist at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has agreed to stop practicing medicine amid allegations that he performed inappropriate pelvic and breast exams on patients. The physician, Derrick Todd, MD, has not worked at Brigham since July, according…
A Great Neck, N.Y., man pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of more than $25 million.