A former nurse at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Janesville, Wis., has pleaded guilty to tampering with vials of fentanyl while working at the facility in 2021, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin said May…
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Two Kentucky drug testing labs will pay $1.7 million to settle allegations they billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary urine drug tests.
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and Northeast Medical Group in Bridgeport, Conn. — a physician and associated provider group affiliated with the health system — agreed to pay $560,718 to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare and the state of Connecticut.
A former home health nurse in Michigan has been sentenced to 30 to 75 years in prison in the death of a 3-year-old patient, ABC affiliate WBND reported.
From a California physician agreeing to pay $23.9 million to settle allegations his practice submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, to two New York pharmacy owners indicted for their alleged participation in a $29 million scheme involving false prescription…
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This episode features Paige Twenter, Assistant Editor at Becker's Hospital Review. Here, she shares an update on the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone and key takeaways from speaking with Mark Cuban at the Becker’s Hospital Review 13th Annual Meeting…
Someone broke into the shuttered La Porte (Ind.) Hospital and illegally removed patient records from shredding bins to post on YouTube, Fox affiliate WXIN reported May 5.
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health System will pay $19 million to the family of a child left permanently brain damaged as a result of misdiagnosis as a newborn, the Star Tribune said April 28.
Texas has launched an investigation into whether Dell Children's Medical Center is unlawfully performing gender-transition surgeries on minors, Attorney General Ken Paxton said May 5.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health filed suit against a former employee for allegedly posting graphic photos and videos from the morgue at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.