The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has filed a murder charge against a man accused of fatally stabbing a social worker Dec. 4 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Wilfredo Jose Tortolero Arriechi, 34, was originally charged…
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A social worker who was stabbed Dec. 4 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center died two days later, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Police said officers responded around 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4, when an adult male suspect…
Two senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow patients who receive primary care from advanced practice providers to be included in Medicare’s ACO models. Under current Medicare rules, patients are only assigned to an ACO if they receive…
From CVS Pharmacy settling allegations that it improperly billed federal health programs to the Justice Department dismissing an indictment against the former owner and CEO of a Texas hospital, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported…
Mark Kronfeld, trustee of the SHC Creditor Litigation Trust, filed a 178-page amended complaint Nov. 21 seeking to recover more than $3.4 billion against bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s former CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, and other system “insiders.” …
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Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pa., is facing a negligence lawsuit filed more than a year after photos and videos of patients were shared without their consent, TribLive reported Dec. 1. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 21 in Westmoreland…
Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December, appeared in New York state court Dec. 1 for pretrial hearings that could shape which evidence jurors see at his upcoming trial. Mangione’s defense attorneys are…
The American Hospital Association, Maine Hospital Association and four safety-net hospitals have filed a federal lawsuit to halt “unlawful” changes to the 340B drug pricing program, warning the shift could impose major financial harm on rural and underserved communities. Four…
Vohra Wound Physicians Management and its owner, Ameet Vohra, MD, have agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare.
Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Rural Health Clinic in Trinidad, Colo., and three of its physicians have agreed to pay a combined $650,000 to settle allegations that they improperly prescribed opioids and submitted invalid claims to Medicare and other federal…