A 36-year-old nursing assistant from Baltimore was sentenced to 25 years of prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and first-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult, Maryland's attorney general said Sept. 19.
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A New York cardiologist agreed to pay $6.5 million and relinquish his practice to settle allegations he paid millions of dollars in kickbacks for patient referrals.
From a California system agreeing to pay $5 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims to Medi-Cal, to Minnesota charging 18 people in an alleged Medicaid scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's reported since Aug. 31:
A federal judge denied the bulk of Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine's motion to dismiss in a lawsuit brought by Memorial Health System over an alleged "smear" campaign, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported Sept. 19.
The American Hospital Association and American Medical Association are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to uphold a lower court's ruling that invalidated a No Surprises Act final rule which they say favors insurers in the…
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita faces a misconduct complaint for statements he made last year about the case of a 10-year-old patient's abortion and the physician who performed the procedure, according to media reports.
Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, has agreed to pay $1.75 million to former employees to resolve allegations that it did not provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, including failing to provide reassignment.
California is one legislative signature away from becoming the first state to legally require chain pharmacies to report all medication errors and create staffing level guidelines, according to CBS News.
Brawley's Pioneers Memorial (Calif.) Healthcare District is opposing state legislation that would consolidate three healthcare districts within Imperial County, Calif., into one, Imperial Valley Press reported Sept. 18.
An advocacy organization is asking the Missouri Health Department to decertify accreditation of a three-bed urgent care center due to the facility's proposed name, The St. Louis American reported Sept. 15.