A jury awarded more than $39.5 million to an oncologist who accused UC San Diego of retaliation after a dispute over a $10 million donation, The Brunswick News reported Aug. 3.
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A Louisiana woman filed suit against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and accused the drug companies of failing to warn patients about the risk of a paralyzed stomach, or gastroparesis, with their popular Type 2 diabetes drugs.
Twelve people were sentenced to prison time for participating in a $53 million scheme to defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Justice Department said Aug. 1.
An ambulance company owner was sentenced to 16 years in prison and ordered to pay $388,648 in restitution for his role in a Medicaid fraud scheme.
From HCA facing a discrimination lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to St. Luke's Health System winning $52.5 million in a harassment case, here are 12 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported since July 25:
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MedStar Ambulance has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims to Massachusetts' Medicaid program, MassHealth.
Two physicians and a nonprofit group have filed a lawsuit against the Medical Board of California to stop it from enforcing a state requirement for physicians to study the role of implicit bias in health inequities as part of continuing…
Following Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System's abrupt closure of two Atlanta Medical Center facilities in late 2022, health systems in the state should in the future provide 180 days of notice of their intent to shutter, according to a consumer…
A Texas medical equipment company owner was convicted of a $5.1 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.
The family of Patrice Wilson, a nurse who was kidnapped outside of Detroit Medical Center — where she was employed — and later found dead, is suing the hospital and Tenet Healthcare for $200 million, Fox 2 Detroit reported July…