A man was arrested Feb. 7 after allegedly terrorizing an employee near Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health's Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., police said in a statement on their Facebook page.
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A federal jury convicted the owner and manager of a medical equipment supply company for a scheme to defraud Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans of more than $3.8 million.
California officials have secured an $18.275 million settlement against The Pill Club, a Silicon Valley startup operating an online pharmacy for birth control and contraceptives.
The Justice Department has revealed that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, with the government awarding more than $488 million to whistleblowers who exposed fraud and false claims…
The Justice Department has charged 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing CMS for unnecessary medical services that were not provided.
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A cardiac monitoring company has agreed to pay $673,200 to settle allegations it submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs.
The Justice Department withdrew three antitrust policy statements pertaining to healthcare issued between 1993 and 2011, deeming the positions "outdated," according to a Feb. 3 agency news release.
Labcorp is settling a $19 million kickback and false claims lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers, according to a news release shared with Becker's.
Nine people, including one pharmacist, were arrested in Houston as part of a pill mill pharmacy case involving $1.5 million worth of opioids and other controlled substances.
A woman was killed after displaying a handgun and making suicidal comments at Arlington (Texas) Memorial Hospital on Feb. 4, CBS News reported.