Columbia, Md.-based MedStar has reached an agreement with the Justice Department after allegedly depriving individuals with disabilities access to medical care by excluding the presence of their support persons.
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A Florida man was arrested on charges of submitting false Medicare claims exceeding $17 million through his two medical supply companies, the Justice Department said Jan. 30.
A patient wielding a knife was shot and killed by an officer at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Georgia, Atlanta News First reported Jan. 30.
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health received a bomb threat Jan. 25, targeting a new inpatient tower under construction, the institution confirmed to Becker's Jan. 30.
St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's filed a motion on Jan. 25 that aims to let the hospital hold off on a payment for its civil case that was made famous by a Netflix documentary, ABC7 reported Jan. 26.
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In a medical malpractice case about a 45-minute delayed cesarean section, a judge upheld ordering a Penn Medicine hospital to pay $183 million, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Jan. 29.
An employee at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee was stabbed in the emergency department early Jan. 29, according to police.
Two former leaders at an Arkansas medical supply business took a plea deal amid allegations of a kickback scheme, and they were ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution, according to CBS affiliate KFSM.
From an Illinois system settling antitrust allegations to a judge lowering the damages in the Johns Hopkins All Children's civil case made famous by a documentary, here are 10 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since Jan. 17:
The U.S and State of Washington filed a whistleblower suit against Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health for allegedly fraudulently billing federal healthcare programs for spine surgeries performed by Jason Dreyer, DO, at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane between 2019 and 2021.