A group of 20 New Hampshire hospitals is calling on the state to shorten the timeline to end its practice of boarding psychiatric patients in hospital emergency rooms after a federal judge ruled that the practice is illegal, NHPR reported…
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A Louisiana rehab hospital, its management company and a physician agreed to settle a Medicare fraud lawsuit and pay more than $1.7 million, ABC affiliate KATC reported April 24.
Oklahoma accused CVS' pharmacy benefit manager of steering patients to its pharmacies and limiting its mail-order pharmacy options, according to a lawsuit filed in early April.
Five former employees of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist University Hospital pleaded guilty to unlawful disclosure of patient information in violation of HIPAA, according to an April 25 news release from the Justice Department.
A former respiratory therapist pleaded guilty in the deaths of two Missouri hospital patients in the early 2000s, The Kansas City Star reported April 22.
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The Indiana Hospital Association opposes an amended bill that would fine hospitals for charging more than 260 percent of the Medicare reimbursement rate for procedures, The Herald Bulletin reported April 25.
A former neurosurgeon agreed to pay $1.2 million after performing medically unnecessary procedures that were billed to federal healthcare programs, ABC affiliate KIMA reported April 25.
A medical equipment company based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., agreed April 21 to pay $5.3 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims.
From a former dermatologist to prison for a $120 million scheme, to Johns Hopkins agreeing to settle Stark Law violation allegations, here are eight healthcare fraud cases Becker's reported since April 13:
As legal battles between LCMC Health and the federal government play out, a judge ruled the New Orleans-based system cannot close any of the three hospitals it purchased from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in January, nola.com reported April 24.