A New York healthcare workers' union has accused Stony Brook Southampton Hospital of withholding approximately $1.7 million in benefits and pension funds from employees in a petition filed with the New York Supreme Court on Oct. 31.
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An Ohio substance abuse clinic owner has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for defrauding the state's Medicaid program.
Four former employees of Mount Sinai Hospital's Icahn School of Medicine in New York City filed a lawsuit against the school and four additional defendants Oct. 24, alleging sexist behavior by the school's leadership.
Two patients at the Phoenix-based Arizona State Hospital were arrested after barricading themselves and three employees in their treatment unit on Oct. 31, AZCentral reported.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating a Joplin hospital after a woman says she was denied a medically necessary abortion at the facility, department spokesperson Lisa Cox confirmed to Becker's Nov. 1.
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OakBend Medical Center is facing a class action lawsuit over a September ransomware attack and data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 1 million patients.
A Houston man who owned several home health companies was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a $21 million Medicare fraud scheme.
The owner of a telehealth company has been charged with submitting Medicaid claims for services that were never provided.
From a former Tenet executive asking a judge to throw out a $400 million fraud case, to a Texas physician pleading guilty for his role in a $54 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported…
Two former cleaning staff members at the New York City-based Montefiore Health System are filing a lawsuit against the health system and the staffing agency who hired them, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Gothamist.