San Francisco physician Lindsay Clark, MD, and her medical practice pleaded guilty to charges of receiving and delivering misbranded drugs and misbranded and adulterated devices, the Justice Department said Nov. 28.
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Pennsylvania physician Musaddiq Nazeeri, MD, is paying $86,506 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations, the Justice Department said Nov. 28.
A Marion, Ill.-based ambulance company agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle allegations that it improperly billed Medicare for scheduled, nonemergency ambulance transportation.
Nashville, Tenn., police have arrested a man accused of opening fire in the stairwell at Ascension St. Thomas Midtown Hospital on Nov. 26, according to local news outlets.
A man who worked at two Milwaukee-area medical clinics was sentenced to 32 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for his role in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.
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The Alaska Supreme Court ruled on Nov. 18 that a 46-year-old law limiting financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits unconstitutionally discriminates against Alaskans with health insurance, Alaska Public Media reported Nov. 21.
From 10 people being charged in a $11.1 million scheme that defrauded both public and private insurers, to a Connecticut physician agreeing to pay $2.6 to settle allegations against him, here are 10 recent healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has…
Camden, N.J.-based Cooper Health System and the U.S. Department of Labor have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve alleged hiring and compensation discrimination at a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility.
A clinician for a Louisiana-based federally qualified health center was given a 14-month sentence for her role in a $1.8 million Medicare fraud scheme, The Advocate reported Nov. 20.