A man was arrested Jan. 5 after allegedly making threats about Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Hospital to a gas station clerk and posting online, police said in a statement on their Facebook page.
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A Mississippi orthopedic clinic and its owner have agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle allegations he overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for viscosupplementation agents, according to the Justice Department.
Two emergency medical service workers in Sangamon County, Ill., are facing first-degree murder charges after one of their patients died of compressional and positional asphyxia, NBC affiliate KCBD reported Jan. 11.
A nurse practitioner filed a lawsuit against CVS Health Jan. 11, alleging the company fired her for refusing to prescribe contraceptives and drugs that can induce abortion.
Three hospitals or health systems agreed to settle self-reported fraud claims in November and December, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General.
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From two New Jersey-based health systems reaching a settlement in a yearslong dispute, to CommonSpirit Health being hit with a lawsuit over a ransomware attack, here are seven recent lawsuits and settlements involving hospitals Becker's has reported since Dec. 21:
Police said an Iowa certified nurse practitioner, who was found dead in the hospital where he worked, sexually assaulted nine patients, the Des Moines Register reported Jan. 10.
Two women have been charged in separate assaults against healthcare workers at a Mayo Clinic Health System hospital in Mankato, Minn., the Mankato Free Press reported Jan. 11.
Medical device distributor Jet Medical and two related companies agreed to pay $745,000 in a Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act infringement case involving migraine headache devices not approved by the FDA.
Khalid Satary, the owner of several labs in Georgia, Oklahoma and Louisiana, is a wanted fugitive for alleged fraud involving unnecessary cancer genetic testing that resulted in billing Medicare for over $547 million, according to HHS' Office of Inspector General.