Precision Lens and its owner, Paul Ehlen, have been ordered to pay more than $487 million after a whistleblower lawsuit for Medicare fraud.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation creating a $150 million loan program for financially distressed hospitals into law May 15.
A physician and pharmacist are facing manslaughter charges after the wrong medication dose led to an older patient's death in 2020, KFOR reported May 16.
Springfield, Ill.-based St. Elizabeth's Hospital has agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle allegations in a whistleblower suit that it committed billing errors resulting in an overpayment for services, according to the Justice Department.
Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and James Lankford, R-Okla., introduced the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, which would change the Medicare designation of critical access hospital with the aim of keeping more rural hospitals open.
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Westminster, Md.-based Carroll Hospital activated its assailant protocol and evacuated the emergency department May 13, CBS News reported.
A group of emergency medicine physicians is planning to continue a federal lawsuit against Envision Healthcare, even as the company files for bankruptcy, KFF Health News reported May 12.
In this episode, we are joined by Bevey Minor, EVP of Healthcare IT Strategy & Policy at Consensus Cloud Solutions. She discusses how most payers receive and respond to PA requests today, the main challenge for payers when streamlining authorizations,…
A Pennsylvania clinic executive has been charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for allegedly billing Medicare for $10 million worth of medically unnecessary urine drug tests.
St. Charles Hospital in Bend, Ore., is facing a lawsuit filed May 9 by a former employee claiming that the health system repeatedly violated meal break policies and underpaid staff, according to court documents.