Healthcare providers are "putting their eggs in one basket," in hopes of challenging the No Surprises Act's dispute resolution process, Bloomberg Law reported Sept. 27.
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Sioux City, Iowa-based MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center was cited for failing to develop and implement a system to track staff's COVID-19 vaccinations and exemptions, according to Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals obtained by the Sioux City Journal.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health System has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle allegations it overbilled Medicaid between January 2017 and March 2021.
A 28-year-old patient died Sept. 20 after being found unconscious at a psychiatric hospital in New York City. The city's coroner's office has ruled the death as a homicide, according to The New York Times.
A San Mateo, Calif.-based assisted living facility is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after a second resident died from being served dishwashing liquid, Mercury News reported Sept. 24.
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The former CEO of a Louisiana-based federally qualified health center has been convicted in a $1.8 million Medicaid fraud scheme.
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Sept. 22 overturned an injunction that required a Pittsburgh-based UPMC hospital to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient, court documents show.
A former Philadelphia VA hospital employee was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing more than $487,000 from the hospital.
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that abortion was not a constitutional right, reversing the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and giving individual states the authority to regulate access to…
A former Joplin, Mo., physician pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make false healthcare statements for his involvement in a scheme in which he signed orders for products and tests for more than 2,000 Medicare and Medicaid patients…