A judge sentenced a former pharmacy owner and his Pennsylvania pharmacy to pay $4.1 million for healthcare fraud and conspiracy to sell the controlled substance oxycodone.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
An 18-year-old man is facing several charges, including attempted capital murder, after police say he assaulted two infants and staff at Odessa (Texas) Regional Medical Center on Oct. 3.
A Nevada behavioral health provider and its owner were ordered to pay restitution after being found guilty of Medicaid fraud, the state attorney general's office said Sept. 28.
Minneapolis-based Children's Hospital and Clinics' disclosure of patient health information to its charitable foundation didn't violate the Minnesota Health Records Act, according to an Oct. 3 court ruling.
The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems sued the state over a law it says poses a threat to patient access, according to an Oct. 4 report from the Portland Business Journal.
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Two physicians who question COVID-19 vaccines are suing to stop a California law that allows regulators to punish physicians for spreading misinformation or disinformation related to the virus.
A former Kentucky state representative was sentenced to 25 months in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a $2.7 million billing fraud scheme, the Courier Journal reported Oct. 3.
The law firm Hagens Berman has filed a lawsuit against Concord, Calif.-based John Muir Health accusing the health system of "unconscionable" billing practices.
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos who was convicted of defrauding investors, has been granted a hearing for a new trial, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 3.
Radeas, a Wake Forest, N.C.-based laboratory, has agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for urine tests to the state's Medicaid program.