From a Masschussetts hospital alleging an architectural design company cost it Medicare certification to a physician suing HCA for libel, here are 10 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported since June 26:
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Novo Nordisk filed lawsuits against three compounding pharmacies in Florida on July 6, accusing them of illegally compounding forms of its popular Type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic.
An HCA Healthcare nurse was blitz-attacked with a tire iron at about 3 a.m. on July 6 in the hospital's parking lot, and Florida police charged a 27-year-old man with attempted murder two hours later.
After Wisconsin's medical examining board summarily suspended a physician's license for allegedly giving unapproved treatments to a stage IV endometrial cancer patient who later died, the physician voluntarily surrendered her license.
An employee of Morgantown-based WVU Medicine is facing an embezzlement charge after it was discovered that daily deposits from the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management, part of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, consistently fell short over a seven-month period,…
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Nantucket (Ma.) Cottage Hospital is suing CannonDesign, the architectural design company behind its new hospital facility, for $8 million, the Nantucket Current reported July 3.
The Lakewood, N.J.-based owner of a medical equipment company pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare.
An altercation at Tell City, Ind.-based Perry County Memorial Hospital between a domestic dispute suspect and Indiana state police officer Sgt. Heather Glenn left both dead, according to the Courier & Press.
From the Justice Department charging 78 people in a $2.5 billion scheme to a woman being sentenced to prison for leading a $24 million scheme, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since June 20:
A physician and nurse will stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges related to an in-custody death of a woman at the Las Colinas Jail in Santee, Calif., NBC San Diego reported July 3.